Live ticker Corona at the weekend (March 26/27): Pandemic in Bavaria – News from Rosenheim, Traunstein, Mühldorf, Altötting and Berchtesgadener Land

Munich/Upper Bavaria – The corona virus is still causing restrictions in public life in the region, in Bavaria, in Germany and around the world. The developments from the weekend (March 26/27) in the news ticker:

The number of cases at a glance:

Sunday, March 27th – RKI registers 111,224 new corona infections

The nationwide seven-day incidence is compared to the previous day slightly decreased. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Sunday morning 1723.8 at. For comparison: the day before the value was 1758.4. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1708.7 (previous month: 1240.3). The health authorities in Germany reported to the RKI 111,224 new corona infections within one day. This is evident from figures showing the status of the RKI dashboards play from 5:03 am. A week ago there were 131,792 infections.

Germany were according to the new information 49 deaths within 24 hours listed. A week ago there were 49 deaths. The RKI has counted 20,256,278 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.

The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 7.39 on Friday (Thursday: 7.28). Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. The value is not communicated at the weekend.

The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Sunday as 15,718,500. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 128,437.

Update, 5.55 p.m. – folk festival corona break in the country ended

After a two-year Corona break, this is Saturday first folk festival opened in Bavaria been: At the spring fair in Würzburg, Mayor Christian Schuchardt pricked the first barrel to the cheers of the visitors in the marquee. guest of honor was Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), who then rode a lap of the Ferris wheel. The Würzburg Spring Folk Festival lasts until April 10th.

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) expressed skepticism on Wednesday about the Munich Spring Festival planned for April on the Theresienwiese. “Personally, I find it difficult to imagine going to one, being happy, drinking beer, riding a carousel when at the same time there is a war in Ukraine and people are dying every day”, Reiter told radio station Gong 96.3. “I have to see what is happening in this world and then there are overriding reasons that are even more important than holding a folk festival.” This also applies to the Oktoberfest. He couldn’t imagine an Oktoberfest without corona restrictions anyway.

The Wiesn hosts replied that it would help promote international understanding when people from all over the world celebrated peacefully together. The longing for a peaceful Oktoberfest is very great after a two-year break. A Ukrainian national dish could be offered in the tents to donate money for refugee aid.

Update, 1:48 p.m. – Immunologist Watzl: Infection “like a booster with an adapted vaccine”

According to the immunologist Carsten Watzl, breakthrough infections with the omicron variant of the coronavirus significantly increase the immune protection of vaccinated people. “One Infection is like a single vaccine dose”, said Watzl of the “Augsburger Allgemeine”. “For vaccinated people, it acts like a booster with an adapted vaccine.”

According to the Secretary General of the German Society for Immunology, the current high number of infections and the associated immune protection can pay off in the autumn – “if no new, more dangerous variant comes along”.

Whether compulsory vaccination is still necessary in view of this is “the $100,000 question”. If Omikron remains the predominant variant, you will probably get through the cold season comparatively well even without compulsory vaccination. “The pessimistic scenario would be a virus variant that is as sick as Delta and as contagious as Omicron. Then we would have a big problem again with the large number of unvaccinated people.”

For those who have not been vaccinated, even a previous omicron infection does not provide any reasonable protection against a serious illness with another virus variant. “This raises the question of compulsory vaccination as a precautionary measure. As an immunologist, I am of course always in favor of vaccination because it has been shown to be safer than infection.”

Update, 12.50 p.m. – GALAX’SIS pauses on “The Masked Singer” tonight

ProSieben wishes you a speedy recovery: GALAX’SIS is taking an involuntary break from “The Masked Singer” tonight. Despite full vaccination, the mythical creature GALAX’SIS fell ill with Covid-19. It is in isolation and cannot perform on The Masked Singer today. “I’m fine and I hope to be able to sing on stage again next week in the third show of ‘The Masked Singer’,” says GALAX’SIS confidently.

Matthias Opdenhövel, on the other hand, moderates the second episode of the ProSieben success show live from Cologne after his corona recovery.

Update, 11.30 a.m. – More trouble with hotspot regulation

the hotspot rule for stricter corona measures continues to cause discussions in the federal states. There is great disagreement in the state governments as to whether the legal requirements for identifying hotspots are currently met or not. Numerous federal states, including Bavaria, called on the federal government on Friday to quickly clarify open questions about the implementation of the hotspot regulation.

The federal government’s decision to lift most of the corona rules was met with widespread protest in the federal states. After a Transitional period until April 2nd they can only impose further restrictions with more mask requirements and access rules if the state parliament determines a critical situation for hotspots. There are no threshold values ​​for when this should take effect. Lauterbach announced that Health ministers conference on Monday should be discussed with the countries to make the hotspot regulation workable.

In Bavaria, the government wants to discuss on Tuesday how the Corona rules will continue beyond April 2nd. The Bavarian state government has already requested clarification from the federal government in order to be able to apply the hotspot regulation with legal certainty if necessary.

Update, 9.57 a.m. – Latest RKI numbers for the region

According to the RKI, the corona incidences in the region have increased developed differently in the past 24 hours.

In the city of Rosenheim and in the district of Traunstein, the number of corona cases rose again significantly. In the other districts, however, the numbers have fallen. The districts of Altötting and Mühldorf are still among the 25 districts in Germany with the highest incidence.

The incidences in detail: District Altoetting (from 3055 to 3048), County Muehldorf (from 2944 to 2928), circle Berchtesgaden country (from 1974 to 1836), county Traunstein (from 1391 to 1425), City of Rosenheim (from 2494 to 2568) and District of Rosenheim (from 2601 to 2573).

The RKI reports for the region two more coronavirus-related deaths. This is the case in the districts of Traunstein and Mühldorf a person died of or with a corona infection.

Update, 8:51 a.m. – Around 80,000 students miss classes because of Corona

Around 80,000 students in Bavaria were recently unable to attend classes due to Corona. The Ministry of Culture reported (as of Friday) a share of 3.63 percent because of a positive test did not take part in face-to-face classes. Another 1.52 percent were in quarantine.

That’s a slight increase in positive tests and a slight decrease in quarantines. There are throughout Bavaria about 1.6 million students. According to the Ministry of Education, the current figures are based on reports from 96 percent of all schools.

Many childcare facilities were also affected by Corona. According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, there were (as of Friday afternoon) a total of 1,605 of the approximately 10,300 houses in Bavaria. 46 facilities were therefore completely closed, one less than a week ago. 431 houses were partially closed, 42 more than a week ago. Another 1128 were completely open, but there was an intensified test regime due to corona cases – that’s about as many as a week ago.

RKI registers 252,000 new infections – incidence increases slightly

The nationwide number of infections with Sars-CoV-2 detected since the beginning of the pandemic has Passed the 20 million mark. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the total number on Saturday morning as 20,145,054. The actual value should be significantly higher since many infections are not recorded. The RKI gave the 7-day incidence 1758.4 on. For comparison: the day before the value was 1756.4 (News ticker from March 25).

A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1735.0 (previous month: 1253.3). The health authorities in Germany reported 252,026 new corona infections to the RKI within one day. This emerges from figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 5:12 a.m. A week ago there were 260,239 infections.

Experts assume a high number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data. One reason is the limited capacity of health authorities, for example, and contacts are often only tracked to a limited extent.

According to the new information, Germany was within 24 hours 278 deaths listed. A week ago there were 221 deaths.

The number of corona-infected patients who came to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was 7.39 on Friday (Thursday: 7.28). Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Saturday as 15,646,000. The number of people who died from or involved a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 128,388.

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