The corona virus continues to be rampant in Hesse. The Robert Koch Institute publishes the current case numbers for incidence, new infections and deaths every day.
Frankfurt – The corona virus has been part of everyday life in Hesse for more than two years. Dozens of new infections are added every day around Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Kassel, Darmstadt and Offenbach. The current values from the Robert Koch Institute for Hesse can be found in the graphics below in this article.
According to current knowledge, the corona virus originated in the greater area of the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan at the end of 2019. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the corona pandemic as a “health emergency of international concern”.
Corona in Hesse: The omicron wave follows the delta variant
At the beginning of the pandemic, it was the delta variant of the corona virus in Hesse and Germany that caused most of the infections. In mid-March 2020, just over three months after the outbreak of the pandemic in China, a lockdown was imposed in Hesse and Germany. Schools and daycare centers had to close, the catering trade and retail trade were no longer allowed to serve customers on site.
After a short easing phase between May and October 2020, Hesse and Germany went into another lockdown between November 2020 and February 2021, albeit with looser measures than the first lockdown.
Corona in Hesse: The current number of cases from the RKI at a glance
Around the start of 2021, the vaccination campaign started in Hesse and Germany. While two corona vaccinations were initially recommended, the omicron wave over the course of the year caused the vaccination recommendation to be expanded to include a booster vaccination against a severe course of Covid 19 disease.
However, the number of corona cases will be at a record level in 2022. Nevertheless, most of the corona restrictions in Hesse were lifted on April 2nd, 2022. At a federal-state summit on February 16th, 2022, the heads of the federal states and the federal government around Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed on a gradual, extensive relaxation of the previous protective measures. For example, a mask is no longer necessary in the supermarket in Hesse.
The daily updated corona case numbers for Hesse at a glance:
Editor’s note on transparency: The case numbers of the RKI may differ from those of the individual federal states. One reason for this is the longer transmission paths between the RKI and the responsible health authorities. The RKI’s Covid-19 dashboard can also be adjusted throughout the day. In addition, the RKI warns: It could be that the decline in incidence does not reflect the actual infection process, but is the result of an overloaded reporting and testing system. In addition, it could play a role that some people do not have their positive self-test or rapid test clarified with a PCR test. They will then not appear in the statistics.
Corona in Hesse: an overview of the number of cases in the individual districts
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