Status: 04/11/2022 11:41 a.m
In the live ticker, NDR.de will also inform you today – on Monday, April 11, 2022 – about the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg. To read: the Blog from Sunday.
The essentials in brief:
- Virologist Fickenscher advises maintaining mask discipline
- KfW-Bank: Significantly more start-ups again
- cruise season in Rostock – for the time being still in pandemic mode
- Confirmed new infections in the North: 660 in Schleswig Holstein – Lower Saxony has not submitted any current cases
- RKI reports 30,789 new infections nationwide – incidence value at 1,080.0
Tables and graphics: This is how the vaccination campaign works in the north
Map: New infections in the north German counties
11:41 a.m
Virologist Fickenscher: Far higher corona numbers without mask discipline
The virologist Helmut Fickenscher still advises wearing a mouth and nose cover to protect against the corona virus. Obviously, the vast majority of citizens continue to attach importance to protecting themselves with masks, said the head of the Institute for Infectious Medicine at the University of Kiel of the German Press Agency. Even without a mask requirement, there is no reason to change behavior. “But if discipline should slacken, a rapid increase in the number of cases, not only for Covid-19 but also for the flu, can be expected.”
After the sharp increase in the number of cases as a result of the omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2 in December and January, it took a particularly long time in Schleswig-Holstein before a significant decrease could be observed. A further decline is to be expected in the course of spring and summer. With around 1,140 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days, Schleswig-Holstein was recently in the middle of the country table.
10:02 a.m
Violations of corona rules in Lower Saxony: fines in the millions
In Lower Saxony, the municipalities have since the introduction of the first corona protection measures more than 100,000 violations of the rules recorded. Most common violation: Disregarding the obligation to wear a mask. Immediately afterwards, the municipalities registered private meetings with too many people, according to a survey by the German Press Agency, in which more than 30 districts and independent cities took part. According to the company, almost 39,000 reports were received in the Hanover region, more than 10,000 for violations of the mask requirement and around 8,600 for group meetings. The fines amount to more than eight million euros, but not all the money has been received.
9:31 a.m
Ecumenical Way of the Cross in Lübeck again after the pandemic break
After a two-year break due to the pandemic, Christians of all denominations will meet again in Lübeck on Good Friday (April 15) for an ecumenical Way of the Cross. According to the North Church and the Archdiocese of Hamburg, around 800 participants are expected. They will parade through Lübeck’s old town with a wooden cross and remember the suffering and death of Jesus Christ at five stations with songs and prayers. In the past two years, the traditional event had only taken place virtually due to the corona restrictions. The Lübeck Way of the Cross was laid out in the 15th century and, according to church historians, is one of the oldest Ways of the Cross still in use in Germany.
09:01 a.m
Cruise season in Rostock starts – for the time being still in pandemic mode
Rostock is starting the 2022 cruise season today with the first port of call of the year in Warnemünde. According to the seaport, everything depends on how the corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine develop. For the time being, the cruise giants are still in pandemic mode and are not fully occupied.
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8:14 a.m
Significantly more start-ups – Corona kink made up for
Many people in Germany implemented their self-employment plans that were put on hold during the Corona crisis last year. According to data from the state development bank KfW, 607,000 people realized their business start-up ideas. That was 70,000 or 13 percent more than in 2020. The start-up activity has thus left the Corona kink behind and has roughly reached the level of 2019, reported KfW Chief Economist Fritzi Köhler-Geib. In the past year, founders more often ventured into self-employment in order to take advantage of a business opportunity that arose. According to KfW, the proportion of these so-called opportunity start-ups rose to 82 percent (2020: 80 percent). The proportion of emergency start-ups fell to a low of 15 percent. Necessary founders are those who become self-employed due to a lack of better employment alternatives.
7:22 a.m
Lower Saxony did not transmit any figures at the weekend – the incidence fell
According to the Ministry of Health, Lower Saxony no longer transmits corona numbers to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Saturdays and Sundays. That is why the RKI cannot report any current figures for the largest northern German state today. The numbers are expected to be delivered later in the data for tomorrow. According to the ministry, the change has no effect on the value of the seven-day incidence. This remains up to date because its calculation is based on the reporting date, such as the positive result in a laboratory. The incidence is 1,214.8 today, down again from 1,257.5 yesterday and 1,508.8 a week ago.
06:00 a.m
RKI registers 30,789 new infections
The nationwide seven-day incidence of new corona infections has fallen further. As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced, the value is now at 1,080.0 (previous week: 1,424.6). The value quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of seven days. As the RKI announced, citing data from the health authorities, the number of new infections reported within 24 hours on Sunday was 30,789 – after 41,129 new infections a week ago. The total number of registered cases of infection in Germany since the beginning of the corona pandemic has thus increased to 22,677,986. According to the RKI, thirteen other deaths related to the corona virus were also registered within 24 hours. The total number of recorded corona deaths in Germany rose to 131,728.
5:42 a.m
Seven-day incidence in Schleswig-Holstein is falling
The corona incidence in Schleswig-Holstein continues to fall. It is now at 1,110.3 after 1,140.2 the day before, according to data from the state registration office. A week ago it was 1,339.2. 660 new corona cases were registered. The previous day there were 1,764, a week ago 942. The hospitalization incidence remained constant at 7.04. In connection with the corona virus, 601 patients are in clinics – just as many as the day before. Of them, 46 are being treated in an intensive care unit and 19 are being ventilated.
5:35 a.m
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5:30 a.m
The new Corona live ticker from NDR.de starts a new week
Good Morning! With our live ticker we want to inform you today – on Monday, April 11, 2022 – about the effects of the corona pandemic in northern Germany. Here you will find all the important news as well as content from the NDR radio and television programs. You can read yesterday’s reports in the Read Sunday’s blog.
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