Live ticker Corona from March 5th to 6th: 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 over the weekend (5/6 March) in the news ticker:

The number of cases at a glance:

Update, 1:38 p.m. – “Freedom Day”: Almost all the rules are gone in Austria

In Austria, almost all corona restrictions were lifted at midnight on Saturday (March 5).. It has been valid ever since no access restrictions, no cap at events and no more curfew. This means that night gastronomy can also be celebrated again. The capital Vienna alone does not want to get involved in all the opening steps and is initially sticking to the 2G rule in gastronomy and an FFP2 mask requirement that applies almost everywhere. rosenheim24.de had already reported about it (plus article).

The reason for the easing is the stable situation in the clinics. The seven-day incidence in Austria is around 2,200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, which is about twice as high as in Germany. However the number of cases in the Alpine Republic has recently risen sharply again – According to the latest EMS report, almost 40,000 new infections were reported on Saturday morning. This is the highest value since February 2nd. At that time there were 40,101 new cases.

Update, 11:35 a.m. – 1679 cases and three more fatalities in the region

Total were in the region 1,679 new corona cases have been registered in the past 24 hours – most of them with 560 in the Berchtesgadener Land district. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, more than 30,000 people have been infected with the corona virus there (exactly 30,132). There were 470 new cases in the Traunstein district, followed by 344 in the Mühldorf district and 285 in the Altötting district.

In the district of Rosenheim, on the other hand, there were only 49, in the city of Rosenheim only 11 – further evidence of the “technical problems” already described in the transmission of the case numbers, as the district office had announced. However there was three more deaths in the region in connection with Corona – two in the district of Rosenheim and one in the district of Berchtesgadener Land. The responsible authorities have not yet provided any further information on the age, gender and/or place of residence of the victims.

Update, 9.50 a.m. – Currently wrong numbers from the Rosenheim region?

the 7-day incidences in the cities and districts of the region have increased compared to the previous day mostly developed upwards. According to the latest RKI data, the incidence in the Traunstein district rose from 1741.0 to 1770.3, in the Berchtesgadener Land district from 1644.0 to 1827.4 and in the Altötting district from 1563.8 to 1690.0. the Muehldorf district lies with a value of 2005.4 (previous day: 1902.4) now even above the “sound barrier” of 2000.

(Strong) falling incidences (and very few cases) have been ruled out city (from 756.4 to 627.4) and District of Rosenheim (from 823.8 to 582.7). However, the responsible health authority had already admitted on Friday that the numbers probably not correct at the moment be. “There have been for a few days a technical problem when retrieving electronic SARS-CoV-2 laboratory reports. The responsible external service provider is already working flat out to fix the problem. We know there is a massive backlog of reports. That is, the The number of cases communicated daily is very unlikely to correspond to the actual occurrence of infection. A serious assessment of the infection situation is currently not possible, ”said a statement from the district office. ovb-online.de has already published an extra article (plus article).

RKI reports over 192,000 new corona cases

The Responsible Robert Koch Institute (RKI) Has for the third day in a row an increase in the nationwide seven-day incidence reported (News ticker Friday, March 4th). The RKI gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Saturday morning with 1220.8 at. For comparison: the day before the value was 1196.4. A week ago, the nationwide incidence was 1253.3 (Previous month: 1388.0). The health authorities in Germany reported to the RKI 192,210 new corona infections within one day. This emerges from the latest RKI figures (As of March 5, 5:08 a.m). A week ago there were 175,833 infections.

experts go assume a high number of cases that are not recorded in the RKI data are. One reason is the limited capacity of health authorities, for example contacts are only tracked to a limited extent. In addition, according to the ALM laboratory association, there is now a larger number of people whose infection is no longer confirmed by a PCR test – these infections are therefore not included in the official statistics.

Germany were according to the new information 255 deaths within 24 hours listed. A week ago there were 250 deaths. The RKI counted 15,550,100 infections with Sars-CoV-2 detected in Germany 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 the RKI announced on Friday within seven days with 6.35 at (Thursday: 6.36). Among them are many people with a positive corona test who have another main illness. The value is not reported on weekends. The RKI gave the number of recovered people on Saturday as 135,100. The number of people who have or are involved in a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 died are, rose to 124,051.

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