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The number of deaths in Germany in the 16th calendar week (April 19th to 25th) was above the average of previous years.
A total of 19,387 people died in the period, as the Federal Statistical Office announced in Wiesbaden on Tuesday.
That is eight percent or 1385 cases more than the average for the years 2017 to 2020 for this calendar week, it said.
A week earlier, the increase was only three percent compared to previous years.
Medical representatives have sharply criticized the planned exemptions for corona vaccinated people. Vaccinated people should definitely continue to be tested, said the chairman of the Federal Association of Doctors of the Public Health Service, Ute Teichert, the newspapers of the Funke media group (Tuesday). "It would be fatal if vaccinated and convalescents were exempted from all test obligations when entering the country, for example." According to Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU), proof of a complete vaccination will be sufficient in future instead of a negative test for entry when traveling by air.
"Without comprehensive tests, we lose track of what is happening with the infection - especially with regard to virus variants," warned Teichert.
If returnees were no longer tested, it would not be known whether they were bringing in mutants.
The doctor said the mandatory tests in schools should be continued for those who have been vaccinated.
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