Corona in NRW: Herne shoots to 160 at the incidence value

Cologne / Düsseldorf –

NRW is still badly affected by the corona pandemic. Here you can always see all information and developments on the current corona situation in the most populous federal state at a glance.

Corona in NRW: The most important things in brief in the ticker

Here you can see the overview of the 7-day incidence of the largest cities in North Rhine-Westphalia aloud Regional Health Center (LZG) NRW:

Corona update from March 19: Incidence continues to climb – Herne at 160

• Of the Corona incidence value In North Rhine-Westphalia keep climbing. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) pointed on Friday morning 96,4 New infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week. At the Thursday had the important number at 92,1 located. The health authorities reported 3474 cases of new infections within a day and 35 more deaths.
• Meanwhile have 21 counties and independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia at the seven-day incidence the critical level of 100 exceeded. The value was highest in Märkischen Kreis (188.7), followed by the big city Herne (160.4) in the Ruhr area and Wuppertal (143,3). Below the threshold of 50 There were only new infections per 100,000 inhabitants Bielefeld (45,8) and Höxter (47.8). In Cologne the incidence value has fallen slightly and is 103.6.

Corona update from March 18: Vaccinations with Astrazeneca will be resumed

• The North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf wants to come back on Friday Vaccinations with the active ingredient of Astrazeneca start and increase the capacities in the vaccination center accordingly. That said Mayor Stephan Keller (CDU) on Thursday afternoon in the meeting of the city council. The district of Viersen had previously announced that they would also be vaccinated again with Astrazeneca from Friday morning at 8 a.m. In the evening, the state government announced that the districts and independent cities would be informed on Thursday (March 18) that vaccinations with Astrazeneca could be resumed from Friday morning. Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann explained: “I am glad that we can now resume vaccinations with Astrazeneca. The interruption was important and right in order to be able to continue vaccinating with confidence. We’ll pick up exactly where we left off: AstraZeneca will be made available to those professionals who have already started vaccination. We are now doing everything we can to quickly reassign the canceled vaccination appointments. “
• In North Rhine-Westphalia is the number of New corona infections within a week per 100,000 inhabitants on a national average on Thursday increased significantly. According to the State Center Health NRW (LZG) it was included 92,1. On Wednesday, the key figure was 85.1. The so-called weekly incidence in North Rhine-Westphalia was last higher on January 28, at 93.1. new infections have been detected. In Herne was the value on Thursday 160,4 (Previous day: 158.5).
  The fewest new infections in the past seven days per 100,000 residents were in Höxter counted: 43.5 (previous day: 38.5). In Bielefeld the value on Thursday was 45.2 (previous day: 39.5). All other municipalities were above the 50 mark. A total of 19 of the 53 cities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia now have an incidence of over 100. With Gelsenkirchen (109.0), Krefeld (100.7) and Oberhausen (103.4), three other large cities exceeded the incidence of 100 on Thursday 110,1 out.
  The authorities were reported to be total 4142 new infections known. In connection with Corona another 42 people died. The total number of people who died in connection with the virus in North Rhine-Westphalia increased to 13,803.

Corona update from March 17th: Incidence value in North Rhine-Westphalia rose again

• The Seven-day incidence as an important indicator for new corona infections continues to increase in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) advised on Wednesday morning 85.1 New infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week. At the Tuesday was a value of 82,9 reported on Monday he had with 81,2 located. The health authorities reported 2808 new infections significantly more cases within one day than for Tuesday (1256 cases). Were linked to the virus 39 more deaths registered.
• In NRW are currently 14 counties and urban districts above the threshold of 100. Are front runners Herne and the Märkische Kreis, both with an incidence of 158,5. Particularly high levels of new infections were also found for the Düren district (131,5), Wuppertal (123,6) and Duisburg (122,1) reported. For the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne, the RKI 104,1 out. The capitalcity Düsseldorf came to 61.6 – and Dortmund as the third largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia recorded an incidence of 78.
• The lowest values ​​showed Euskirchen (32), the Höxter district (38,5) and Bielefeld (39.5). The NRW Corona Protection Ordinance, which was drawn up after resolutions of the Ministerial Presidents’ Conference, provides that regions with an incidence of “sustainable and significant” above a value of 100 a Examine tightening of containment measures and should coordinate with the ministry.

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