The number of new infections with the corona virus within seven days in Baden-Württemberg continues to grow steadily. On Sunday it was 30.0 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, as the State Health Office in Stuttgart announced (as of 4:00 p.m.). The previous day the value was 29.3.
The city districts of Mannheim (59.2), Pforzheim (40.5), Baden-Baden (38.1), Heilbronn (37.1) and Esslingen (35.5), the Main-Tauber- District (40.0) and the Schwarzwald-Baar district (35.8), the districts of Lörrach (38.9) and Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (37.6) and the Rhein-Neckar district (38.8). There are 44 urban and rural districts in the southwest.
The number of confirmed corona infections in Baden-Württemberg since the beginning of the pandemic rose by 157 to 511,420, the number of deaths related to the virus remained unchanged at 10,436. Most recently, 54 Covid 19 patients were in intensive care treatment, 25 of whom were invasively ventilated.
2002 intensive care beds of operable 2368 beds (84.5 percent) were occupied according to figures from Friday. This value is important in order to be able to assess the utilization of the health system. Such beds are not only needed for Covid 19 patients with severe courses, but also for people with other diseases.
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