More than 2000 new corona cases

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There are currently no major outbreaks, the corona virus is spreading more widely. Only a few districts in Germany do not have any new infections.

For the first time since the end of April, the number of new corona infections reported daily on the weekend rose to more than 2000: the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported exactly 2034 new cases on Saturday. On Sunday, the number of new infections registered within 24 hours was 782. However, this does not indicate any relaxation of the infection process. The low value was to be expected because not all health authorities transmit data to the RKI at the weekend. Even on Monday, the value is therefore often significantly below that of other days of the week.

"Troubling Trend"

The cases reported to the RKI provide a clue for assessing the incidence of infection within one week. This number was 8528 on Sunday (data status 23.8., 12 midnight) and thus slightly above that of the previous day. A week ago (16.8.) This value was 6837, a month ago (23.7.) It was only 2843.

In the last few weeks, the number of cases recorded within a week has risen sharply in many federal states, and no cases have been transmitted from only 17 districts in the last 7 days, writes the RKI in its status report on Saturday. "This trend is very worrying." Experts are concerned that there could be a sharp increase in the number of cases, which would push the health authorities to their limits when it comes to tracking chains of infection.

Peak: 6000 new infections per day

The peak of new infections reported daily was at more than 6000 at the end of March / beginning of April. The number had tended to decrease after the values ​​still exceeded 1000 in May.

Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, at least 232,864 people in Germany have been proven to have been infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus, as the RKI reported on Sunday morning (data status 23.8., 0.00 a.m.). According to the RKI, the number of deaths in connection with a corona infection is 9269. Two more deaths have been reported since the previous day. According to RKI estimates, around 207 100 people had survived the infection by Sunday morning. The current case numbers can be found in the article "Coronavirus: Current case numbers".

Reproduction number: 1.13

According to RKI estimates in Germany, the number of reproductions, or R value for short, was 1.13 (previous day: 1.02) according to a statement on Saturday. This means that one infected person infects a little more than one other person on average. The R-value depicts the infection process approximately one and a half weeks beforehand.

In addition, the RKI gives a so-called seven-day R. It relates to a longer period of time and is therefore less subject to daily fluctuations. According to RKI estimates, this value was 1.16 on Saturday (previous day: 1.12). It shows the infection process from eight to 16 days ago.

Vaccination in sight?

The health authority of the city of Hamburg is already preparing to organize vaccinations. To clarify, among other things, who will carry out these vaccinations and questions about the storage and distribution of the vaccine, as a spokesman for the health authority, the "Hamburger Abendblatt" (Saturday).

The Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) had previously announced that "according to current knowledge, one or more Covid-19 vaccine (s) could be approved in the European Union and the first production batches distributed by the beginning of 2021". In the paper, Stiko explains the basis on which it makes recommendations for a possible vaccine and what criteria the recommendations for the distribution of presumably scarce vaccine quantities are based on. (lv / dpa)

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