Krefeld The new coronavirus variant has now also been detected in Krefeld. It should be more contagious – but the city calms down at first.
On New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1 (as of midnight), the city’s health department recorded 847 people infected with the coronavirus. On Thursday there were 865. According to the city, the total number of confirmed cases in Krefeld is now 5369 (Thursday: 5335). 4470 (Thursday: 4418) have recovered overall.
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The new variant of the virus was detected in a person who came from Great Britain and two family members. According to previous knowledge, they had no contacts outside the family environment.
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There are 70 people in clinics, twelve of whom are in intensive care. Eleven of them are ventilated. The number of Krefelders in quarantine amounts to a total of 1,709 people, the number of first swabs to 38,428. 52 people have died since the beginning of the pandemic with the coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 141.
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