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Corona pandemic: seven-day incidence drops to 887

Status: 04/27/2022 08:14 a.m



After a brief increase, the seven-day incidence of new corona infections nationwide fell to 887.6. According to the Robert Koch Institute, there were more than 141,000 new infections within one day.

The nationwide seven-day incidence has now fallen again after a significant – probably still Easter-related – increase on the previous day. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week as 887.6. For comparison: the day before the value was 909.1. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 688.3 (previous month: 1723.8).

The health authorities in Germany reported 141,661 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. A week ago there were 198,583 registered infections.

Experts: High number of unrecorded cases

When considering the values, it must be taken into account that individual states do not report data every day of the week, and at weekends, for example, Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony do not, or only partially, report data. This in turn leads to late registrations on the following days.

A comparison of daily values ​​is therefore becoming increasingly difficult. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – due to overworked health authorities and because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only these count in the statistics.

343 corona deaths

According to the new information, 343 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 348 deaths. This increased the number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with SARS-CoV-2 to 134,832.

The RKI has counted 24,479,055 infections with the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected. The institute put the number of people who had recovered at 21,885,900.

Hospitalization incidence at 6.12

The number of infected patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within one week – the so-called hospitalization incidence – was given by the RKI on Tuesday at 6.12 (Monday 5.04). Here, too, there are days with incomplete reports. The value also includes many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.

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