3:24 p.m .: A group of experts led by physicist Viola Priesemann was optimistic about the corona pandemic in the coming winter. “At least in terms of Corona, we see the winter relatively positively – in the sense that “now” no strong measures are necessary,” said Priesemann on Twitter. In three scenarios, the modeling network for severe infectious diseases provided forecasts for the development of the corona virus. In all scenarios, corona and influenza diseases could cause staff shortages in the health system and in critical infrastructure.
1:33 p.m .: Corona is again removed from a list of particularly contagious infectious diseases in the Infection Protection Act, for which an entry ban applies, for example in schools or daycare centers. The Federal Council decided on Friday in Berlin. Covid-19 was only recently added to this list when the new corona rules that came into force on October 1st were passed. There are also the plague, cholera, scabies, measles, rubella and whooping cough.
The legal consequence would have been that teachers, educators, students or day-care center children would only be allowed to return to the facility with a negative test if they suspected a corona infection or after a corona disease.
Pediatricians and several federal states had criticized this and described it as disadvantages compared to adults, since after five days of isolation they are allowed to participate in public life again without a test and even if they suspect corona, such as a cough, they cannot prove anyone with a test that it is not about Corona. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) promised in September to remove the controversial regulation from the Infection Protection Act. The state chamber has now finally approved this.
8:59 a.m .: The corona autumn wave is causing four-digit incidences in more and more Bavarian cities and districts. On Friday morning, the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin reported official values over 1000 for nine districts and the state capital Munich. On Thursday only four districts were above this threshold, a week ago not a single one.
Throughout Bavaria, the incidence rose to 818, which is an increase of almost 25 percent within a week. This means that the values are no longer rising as quickly as in the week before last – however, they may still be distorted by the public holiday on Monday. In addition, individual counties apparently did not report any current figures to the RKI.
The incidence figures have also generally lost a bit of their meaningfulness. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of corona cases not recorded by the RKI – mainly because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations and transmission problems can lead to the distortion of individual daily values.
The highest incidence in Bavaria is currently in the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck with 1333.6, Ebersberg with 1265.2 and Dachau with 1206.8. A certain concentration around Munich is also noticeable, where the Oktoberfest, the Wiesn, ended at the beginning of the week. Both the city and three of the four directly adjoining districts are over 1000, the district of Munich only relatively slightly below. In the second week of the Oktoberfest, the numbers in Munich had risen sharply. Even before the festival, experts had predicted a Wiesn wave.
Friday, October 7th, 6:22 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Friday morning as 577.5. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m. The day before, the value of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week was 462.4 (previous week: 466.0; previous month: 217.2). However, this information only provides a very incomplete picture of the number of infections.
Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – mainly because by far not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 174,112 new corona infections (previous week: 96,367) and 117 deaths (previous week: 140) to the RKI within one day. The RKI has counted 33,826,367 proven infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic. The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections go undetected.
Thursday, October 6th, 5:55 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Thursday morning as 462.4. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m. The day before, the value of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week was 414.0 (previous week: 409.9; previous month: 219.1). However, this information only provides a very incomplete picture of the number of infections. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – mainly because by far not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 132,494 new corona infections (previous week: 78,863) and 97 deaths (previous week: 94) to the RKI within one day. Here, too, comparisons of the data are only possible to a limited extent due to the test behavior, late registrations or transmission problems. In general, the number of registered new infections and deaths varies significantly from weekday to weekday, since many federal states do not transmit them to the RKI, especially at weekends, and report their cases later in the week.
The RKI has counted 33,652,255 infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Wednesday, October 5th, 6:07 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Wednesday morning as 414.0. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5 a.m. In the previous week, the number of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week was 379.6 (previous month: 215.0). However, this information only provides a very incomplete picture of the number of infections. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – mainly because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations and transmission problems can lead to the distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 133,532 new corona infections (previous week: 95,811) and 128 deaths (previous week: 138) to the RKI within one day. Here, too, comparisons of the data are only possible to a limited extent due to the test behavior, late registrations and transmission problems. In general, the number of registered new infections and deaths varies significantly from weekday to weekday, since many federal states do not transmit them to the RKI, especially at weekends, and report their cases later in the week.
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