Dresden. Since Monday have 67 Dresdner infected with the coronavirus. A very small number compared to the end of December, when some more than 500 cases were reported in one day.
In the clinics, the situation remains under control, but it has not yet improved significantly. In this article you will find an overview of the most important figures on the pandemic – from new infections to the age and gender of the deaths.
The Dresden Health Office reports on Tuesday 67 further new corona infections. All in all, they have been in Dresden since March of last year 21.123 People have been proven to be infected.
At 19.271 the health department assumes that they have already survived the infection. Minus all deceased, this means that currently about 1.072 Dresdeners go through an infection. This number continues to decrease.
Anyone who did not have to be admitted to hospital 14 days after the positive test is classified as recovered. For infected people who are hospitalized, a 30-day period applies after the infection is reported, according to the health department. It is irrelevant whether the infected people still feel symptoms after these periods of time. The health department emphasizes that it is an estimate.
The seven-day incidence
The seven-day incidence describes the number of infected people per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days and is decisive for tightening or relaxing corona protective measures. The goal is a value of 50 in order to be able to trace the close contacts of infected people again.
In the current Corona Protection Ordinance, it has been specified that both the Saxon and Dresden incidence must be below 100 on five consecutive days in order to be able to lift the curfew. If the requirements are met, the city administration must decide whether it actually wants to make use of this option. She is not forced to do so if she considers the curfew to be necessary to further contain the pandemic.
The seven-day incidence fell slightly again on Tuesday. It is now included 61,4 and has been below the Germany-wide average for days. It is currently 72.8.
Inpatient cases and hospital capacities
The Dresden Health Office reports on Tuesday 14 other corona patients who had to be admitted to a hospital. Since the start of the pandemic in March, this means a total of 1.842 Dresden infected an inpatient care.
According to the figures, the situation in the intensive care units has eased slightly in the past few days. On Tuesday lunchtime there was exactly 35 free beds, reports the German Intensive Care Register (DIVI). For comparison: Shortly before Christmas, only 17 beds were temporarily free.
According to the DIVI intensive register, they had to be in Dresden at noon 44 Corona patients are treated in intensive care. I agree 28 of the intensive care patients required invasive artificial ventilation. A positive development: the current intensive capacities do not currently have to be expanded.
Evolution of deaths
The health department reports on Tuesday 7 more deaths. So far, death is from so far 789 People in Dresden attributed to an infection with the corona virus.
The number of deaths is usually announced with some delay. The city explains it like this: “With the increasing number of Covid-19-related deaths, the reporting process for deaths is taking longer than under normal circumstances. It happens that Covid-19-related death reports are sent in aggregate to the health department, which in turn increases leads to a high number of reports in one day. ” That is why the city shows the days on which people actually died on its dashboard.
Age and sex of the victims
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has so far 782 Deaths evaluated by age and gender. Almost all Dresden fatalities were therefore at least 60 years old. Three quarters of those who died came from the group of over 80s. A total of 13 victims were between 35 and 59.
Overall are around so far 3.7 percent of all infected people in the state capital died. However: In the group of people over 80, the case mortality rate over the entire pandemic period is currently around 11 percent.
For all of Saxony, the case mortality across all age groups is around 3.7 percent, for Germany at around 2.7 percent.
Age and gender of the infected
The RKI has until Tuesday 21,051 cases evaluated by age group and gender. They are distributed as follows:
According to the absolute numbers, Dresden residents between the ages of 15 and 59 in particular became infected. However, if you compare the infected over 80 year olds to all over 80 year olds who live in Dresden, this age group is most severely affected by the pandemic.
The health department reports on Tuesday 82 Nursing home residents and employees who are currently in quarantine. The number is clearly decreasing. 10 Nursing homes are therefore affected by at least one corona infection.
Dresden in comparison
How many cases per 100,000 inhabitants have been counted in Germany’s rural districts and cities in the past seven days? All yellow to dark red municipalities in the graphic are considered risk areas (incidence over 50).
