Coronavirus positives surge again in Germany after decrease in cases

The Coronavirus cases on the rise in Germany again compared to last week, while the reproduction factor is again greater than 1.

Registered health authorities 9,164 new infections in the past 24 hours – up from 8,354 last Saturday – and 490 deaths, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of Virology.

In the whole of Germany, the cumulative incidence in seven days is 57.8 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, against 56.8 reported Friday.

In a week, new positive COVID-19 cases added 48.042.

The the weekly reproduction factor (R) is 1.01, which means that every 100 infected people infect an average of 101 other people.

“Due to the presence of different variants of the virus, there is a high risk of a further increase in infections,” the RKI warned in its daily report.

To say that pandemic control measures are working, this factor must be maintained at all times. below 1 for a while.

Around 126,100 active cases in Germany

The number of positives since the announcement of the first contagion in the country on January 27 last year adds up 2,378,883 – of which 2,185,100 are recovered patients – and the death toll with or by COVID-19 stands at 67,696.

RKI estimates that active cases currently stand at around 126,100.

The maximum number of infections was recorded on December 18, with 33,777 new infections in one day, and death on January 14, with 1,244.

The peak of incidence at the federal level was recorded on December 22 with 197.6 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in one week and on January 28 it fell below 100 for the first time in three months.

The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs) stood at 3,121, of which 1,762 -56% – require assisted breathing, according to data from the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI).

In one day they signed up 293 new admissions of patients with coronavirus in intensive care and 349 discharges of which 25% (88) correspond to deaths, the specified RKI.

2% of the population received the second dose of the vaccine

Since December 26, The number of people who have already received at least the first dose of one of the three vaccines available against the COVID-19 disease in Germany stands at 3,085,114, corresponding to 3.7% of the population, while 1,634,786 – 2% – were also inoculated with the second dose.

The President of the RKI, Lothar Wielerconfirmed Friday a slower decline in new infections recorded in recent weeks and he stressed that everything seems to indicate that many federal states are moving towards stabilizing the figures, but at a level that is still too high.

He added that Germany is probably at a tipping point again and that with the new variants, the coronavirus has received a new boost.

He warned in the sense that “Every reckless relaxation” of measures “accelerates” the virus and is a step backwards.

In mid-December, Germany tightened current restrictions since the beginning of November due to the increase in new infections, which for the moment will continue until March 7, even if schools and kindergartens are gradually opening and hairdressers will be able to do so on the first of this month.

(With information from EFE)

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