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Almost all of southern Hesse is at the highest corona warning level

IIn Offenbach, the central Corona parameter, the seven-day incidence, performs wild movements. After almost 180 new Covid 19 cases within seven days under 100,000 inhabitants, it recently went down to just under 130, according to the Robert Koch Institute, but now the city ascribes itself a value of 205.7. That is significantly more than the Robert Koch Institute, which is in charge of disease control, showed the city in the morning. In addition, the incidence is again slightly higher than in Frankfurt. The city of Offenbach strongly advises against children going from door to door on Halloween this year to collect sweets. The Martin parades should only take place if the participants are wearing masks.

Thorsten Winter

Business editor and internet coordinator in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.


Twelve percent of the new Covid-19 cases confirmed in the federal government on Tuesday are in Hesse. This follows from the current data from the Robert Koch Institute. The increase of 1,349 new corona infections in Hesse is stronger than the proportion of the population of this state would suggest. This is eight percent. 1349 is the second highest reported value since the pandemic began in March.

In Frankfurt, the hotspot among the German metropolises, the infection rate is still at a very high level. The indicator that shows the new cases reported within a week with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants rose from almost 200 to over this mark overnight. The so-called seven-day incidence is now 202 and is just below the previous record of 205. According to the RKI, Frankfurt has reported 6,813 infections since March, after 6,658 at the beginning of the week. In order to be able to better monitor compliance with the corona rules, the city asked the federal police for help on Monday.

Aschaffenburg still under 50

The RKI shows an incidence value of 162 to 178 for Offenbach. The gap to the new information from the city can be explained by the fact that the Federal Institute double-checks the information from the individual municipalities and only then publishes the data. Either way, the neighboring city of Frankfurt also remains at the highest warning level according to the country’s escalation concept (see grafic). This now also applies to the whole of southern Hesse except for the Bergstrasse district. The state capital Wiesbaden has a good 147 new cases within a week with less than 100,000 inhabitants, Darmstadt almost 141 and the Main-Kinzig district with Hanau in the center 122.5. Mainz comes in at just under 103.

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