Thursday, November 17, 2022, 6:10 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Thursday morning as 199.2. 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 203.4 (previous week: 262.3; previous month: 680.9). 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 or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 33,306 new corona infections (previous week: 38,668) and 162 deaths (previous week: 175) 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 36,152,490 detected 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.
2:23 p.m .: According to a report, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to reduce the remuneration for corona tests in test centers. In a draft for a new test regulation, it is planned that the centers would only receive eight euros per test instead of 9.50 euros, the editorial network Germany (RND) reported on Wednesday. Nothing should change in the deductible of those tested, usually three euros.
The RND reported that the planned reduction in remuneration was justified by the fact that test kits would become cheaper and the need for advice for those tested would decrease. “This leads to less effort for the service providers authorized to carry out tests,” says the draft.
Since the beginning of July, the citizen tests, which were previously free of charge for everyone, have only been available for certain groups without additional payment – such as children up to five years of age, pregnant women in the first three months or visitors to hospitals and nursing homes. Normally, a deductible of three euros has to be paid for a quick test in the test center.
Wednesday, November 16, 5:16 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Wednesday morning as 203.4. 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 212.0 (previous week: 294.1; previous month: 700.7). 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 or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 38,610 new corona infections (previous week: 47,820) and 223 deaths (previous week: 227) 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 36,119,184 detected 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.
1:05 p.m.: Crowds of residents in southern China’s industrial metropolis Guangzhou have escaped a compulsory lockdown and clashed with police as their anger over strict coronavirus lockdown measures grew. A police vehicle was overturned by protesters and Covid control barriers were knocked down. Chinese authorities deployed riot teams to the area. The riots follow Guangzhou’s worst Covid outbreak since the pandemic began.
Tensions had been building in Guangzhou’s Haizhu district, where residents are under house arrest. Many poorer migrant workers live in the area. They have complained that they are not paid if they cannot work. Food shortages and skyrocketing prices are also reasons for the unrest.
The unrest started with rumors that have spread. Testing companies would allegedly falsify PCR results to artificially increase the number of infections in order to make more money.
Tuesday, November 15, 6:22 a.m .: According to a new survey, the fear of contracting corona continues to decrease in Germany. In a representative study by the Forsa Institute on the most feared diseases, 18 percent of those surveyed stated that they were most afraid of Covid-19. That is only half as many as in the first Corona year 2020, when the infection was the greatest health threat for 37 percent. Last year, Covid-19 triggered a particularly high level of fear in only 20 percent of those surveyed. Cancer (72 percent), Alzheimer’s (55) and serious accidents (51) continue to spread far more horrors. The survey was carried out on behalf of DAK-Gesundheit.
“The corona pandemic has apparently become so commonplace for many people that the fear of infection is decreasing,” said the health insurance company’s CEO, Andreas Storm, in a press release. However, this should not lead to protective measures being neglected. “In the coming winter months in particular, we have to comply with certain rules in order to protect the vulnerable groups in our society and to avoid overloading the health system,” added the DAK boss.
Monday, November 14, 6:13 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Tuesday morning as 212. 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 216.7 (previous week: 282.9; previous month: 731.9). 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 or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 47,179 new corona infections (previous week: 61,063) and 219 deaths (previous week: 250) 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 36,080,574 detected 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.
5:26 a.m .: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide seven-day incidence on Saturday morning as 232.1. This is evident from numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5:05 a.m. The day before, the value of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week was 243.5 (previous week: 281.7; previous month: 799.9). 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 or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 28,369 new corona infections (previous week: 38,859) and 185 deaths (previous week: 207) 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 36,033,394 detected 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.
Saturday, November 12, 4:53 a.m .: The virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit considers the lifting of the isolation requirement for corona infected people planned in some federal states to be acceptable. “I think this proposal by the four federal states is understandable from a medical point of view. It is also justifiable in the current pandemic situation,” he told the German Press Agency. “You can get through the next few weeks and months with the rule ‘If you’re sick, stay at home’.”
The Frankfurt virologist Sandra Ciesek emphasized on Twitter: “There are political and social arguments for and against.” What is important to her to emphasize: “No longer having to isolate does not mean that Covid-19 is completely harmless for everyone from now on and only is a cold.”
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein announced on Friday that they would lift the general obligation to isolate people who tested positive. In these countries, new regulations should come into force “soon”, the details are currently being worked out, it said.
In facilities where there is a greater risk – such as hospitals or old people’s homes – there are good hygiene concepts and specialists who prevent problematic infection from occurring, said Schmidt-Chanasit. “But a general regulation for all areas is no longer appropriate in this current situation and also causes problematic restrictions in the area of critical infrastructure.”
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