Incidence & new cases
Im Saarland are 222 new corona infections recorded (Thursday of the previous week: 186). According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the seven-day incidence this Thursday (February 9, 2023). 119,7 (Previous day: 115.8; previous week: 99.5).
Probably high number of unreported cases
Experts assume one high number of cases from which not recorded by the RKI are. Many infected people do not have their positive rapid test result confirmed with a PCR test. However, only positive PCR tests are included in the official statistics.
No new deaths registered
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has had a total of 485.735 Infections with Sars-CoV-2. The RKI registered no further deaths. So far are with it 2.096 People from Saarland on or with the virus died. Approximately 2.300 people are currently actively infected (previous day: 2,200; previous week: 1,900), meanwhile around 481.300 cases survived.
Corona situation in the Saar districts
Situation in the intensive care units and incidence of hospitalization
On the Saarland intensive care units are in the moment 6 Patients with Covid-19 disease (previous day: 7; previous week: 5). 2 according to the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine invasively ventilated (previous day: 2; previous week: 3). The hospitalization incidence is now 9,37.
Notice
Die RKI data can due to delay in reporting from their own Data of the Saar districts differ. No information is given about the number of tests.
Explanation of terms
Number of cases: She gives the total number of the cases detected with a PCR test in Saarland since the first appearance of the corona virus. She shows with it not how many people are currently infected with the virus. Recovered and dead are not excluded from this number. Reinfections are also included in the value.
incidence: Die seven-day incidence indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants were infected with the corona virus within a week.
Hospitalization incidence: The value shows how many corona patients per 100,000 inhabitants were admitted to the hospital in a seven-day period – on all wards. Because of the delay in reporting, he can clearly see the actual hospitalization rate underestimate.
Number of dead: She shows the total number of people who died from or with a corona infection. Forensic doctors estimate that the majority of the corona dead died because of the infection.
Number of active infections: She says how many people im Moment are infected with the coronavirus. This number is one estimated value of the RKI.
Number of recovered: The estimated value of the RKI indicates how many people were infected with the corona virus and their infection is now back survived have. The number shows not indicates how many people suffer from possible late effects (Long-Covid) leiden.
Sources used:
– Robert Koch Institute
– German interdisciplinary association for intensive care and emergency medicine
– own research
– own articles
– German press agency
