Germany has officially entered its fourth wave of coronavirus infections

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for Virology officially launched on Friday the fourth wave of the pandemic in Germany, where the cumulative incidence in seven days amounts to 48.8 new coronavirus infections per 100,000 inhabitants, against 44.2 yesterday and 30.1 a week ago.

The RKI specifies in its weekly report that the drop in incidence observed between the end of April and the end of June has stopped and that infections have increased again since the beginning of July and “are therefore increasing remarkably. Faster and faster than last year, when comparable incidents had only been reached in October ”.

Likewise, the percentage of tests with a positive result of PCR tests carried out in laboratories keep increasing, and between August 9 and 15, it was 6%, against 4% the previous week.

Age groups young people are the most affected due to infections and where the percentages of positives are by far the highest.

“This clearly shows the start of the fourth wave, which pick up speed in particular for infections in the young adult population ”, specifies the RKI.

In addition, the number of hospitalized with Covid-19 is increasing again and the majority of cases are in the age group between 35 and 59 years old.

The Delta variant, predominant in the country, is responsible for up to 99% of infections, while the rest of the cases are attributable to the Alpha variant.

The RKI considers that the risk of contagion remains “high” among the unvaccinated population or with a single dose, and “moderate” among those following the full diet.

Until wednesday, 63.7% of the population had been vaccinated, and 58.2% with the complete pattern.

Health authorities notified 9,280 new infections in the last 24 hours -from 5,578 a week ago- and 13 dead -19 last Friday-, while active cases are in Germany at around 67,700.

With information from EFE.

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