Corona pandemic: seven-day incidence rises to 5.8

The nationwide seven-day incidence is now increasing for the fourth day in a row. According to health authorities, there are also cases of corona infections in connection with the European Football Championship.

The seven-day incidence of corona infections rose for the fourth day in a row. In seven days it was 5.8 per 100,000 inhabitants. The day before it was 5.5; in the previous week at 4.9.

The health authorities reported 952 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute within one day. For comparison: a week ago the value was 671 infections. According to the new information, 35 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours. A week ago there were 16 dead.

Cases in Germany related to EM

Meanwhile, the European health authority ECDC has also counted corona cases in Germany for the first time in connection with the European Football Championship. A total of 18 infections in Germany can be linked to the EM, as the EU agency announced in its weekly report.

Four games of the pan-European tournament had taken place in Munich. Overall, in the fourth week of the tournament of the European Championship, a slight increase to 2535 cases of infection was recorded compared to the previous week. In countries where there are mass gatherings like at the EM and inadequate preventive measures, it is expected that the risk of Europe-wide transmission of Covid-19 and variants of the coronavirus will increase, according to the report.

UEFA President rejects criticism

Scotland remains by far the hardest hit, with 1991 cases linked to the EM, according to the agency. The Scottish team had their European Championship group games played in Glasgow and London’s Wembley Stadium.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin recently rejected criticism from Corona experts at the EM. “The teams behave in a highly professional manner,” the 53-year-old told the BBC. “We’re also very strict in the stadiums, and when I hear politicians say that people got infected at the games without any evidence, I am a bit disappointed.”

For the ECDC, at least two experts check the infection rate around the European Football Championship every day. The investigations began a week before the start of the tournament and will end a week after the final on that Sunday.