Status: 04/20/2022 07:33 a.m
The nationwide seven-day incidence has increased again and is now 688.3. The health authorities reported 198,583 new infections to the RKI within one day. Because of the Easter days, there are late registrations from some federal states.
The nationwide seven-day incidence has increased compared to the previous day. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week as 688.3.
For comparison: the day before it was 669.9. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1044.7.
Some countries do not report data consistently
The health authorities in Germany reported 198,583 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. A week ago there were 176,303 registered infections.
When considering the values, it must be taken into account that some countries do not report data on every day of the week. At the weekend, for example, Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony do not transmit the current number of cases at all or only partially. This leads to late registrations on the following days. A comparison of daily values is therefore becoming increasingly difficult.
In addition, experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the RKI – due to overworked health authorities and because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only these count in the statistics.
Number of deaths remains high
According to the new information, 348 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. The RKI has counted 23,658,211 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.
The number of corona infected people who have to be admitted to a clinic for treatment was given by the RKI per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days at 3.48 (Thursday of the previous week: 6.41). Here, too, there are days with incomplete reports; this so-called hospitalization incidence is not updated on weekends and public holidays. The value also includes many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness.
According to the RKI, a total of 20,609,400 people have now recovered. The number of those who died in connection with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 133,308.