The seven-day incidence continues to rise.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) from Friday morning, it was 30.1 - the previous day the value was 27.6, a week ago it was 20.4.
The health authorities in Germany recently reported 5578 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.
This is evident from the numbers from Friday morning, which reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 3:59 a.m.
A week ago, the value for Germany was 3448 infections.
In the independent city of Kiel, the seven-day incidence is over 100. On the other side of the scale, there are two districts with Weimarer Land and Suhl, both Thuringia, with an incidence of 0. Thuringia is accordingly 7 among the federal states. 6 lowest in the republic. Hamburg (68.8), Berlin (50.3) and Schleswig-Holstein (47.8) have the highest values. With the exception of Bremen, the number of cases increased compared to the week before last and last week in all federal states, writes the RKI. For the most part, clearly double-digit growth rates are stated, with Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania having the highest with 110 percent in a weekly comparison.
The incidence has so far been the basis for many corona restrictions in the pandemic, for example as part of the federal emergency brake that expired at the end of June.
In the future, other values such as hospital admissions are to be taken into account to a greater extent.
Highest incidence among young people up to 14 years of age
According to the new information, 19 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 24 deaths.
The RKI has counted 3,810,641 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 are not detected.
The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 3,675,800.
The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 91,853.
Most infections with Sars-CoV-2 per 100,000 inhabitants within a week are detected in people under 50 years of age. The groups of adolescents and young adults between the ages of 15 and 24 had the highest seven-day incidences of almost 60 last week. Even in the largely unvaccinated children, rapid increases can be seen within a few weeks, whereas the development in the older age groups with better vaccinations continues to appear quite relaxed. For example, the incidences among seniors over the age of 60 are still in the single digits.
According to a report, several federal states are seeing increasing demand for vaccinations again. "The number of vaccinations has increased significantly since the end of the summer vacation," said the social authority in Hamburg, according to the editorial network in Germany. In particular, the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is currently in increasing demand in Hamburg - presumably because this vaccine does not require a second vaccination, said the spokesman for the social welfare authority.
According to the report, the authorities in Baden-Württemberg and Saxony are also talking about a slight increase in daily vaccinations.
"It will only take a few days to say whether a trend is emerging here," said the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Health.
According to the vaccination dashboard, more than half a million people were vaccinated again on Wednesday.
According to this, 62.8 percent of the population received at least one dose.
The willingness to vaccinate had recently decreased in the population.
In order to increase the vaccination rate again, the heads of the federal and state governments agreed on Tuesday that the free corona citizen tests would be abolished on October 11th.
At the same time, those who have not yet been vaccinated will have tougher test regulations from 23 August if they want to take advantage of indoor offers.
Recently there was confusion about the actual vaccination quota: The latest survey by the Robert Koch Institute has fueled doubts. An Allensbach survey also suggests that more people have already been vaccinated. Further surveys by the RKI are intended to provide clarity.
In order to prevent the coronavirus from spreading more widely in Germany, according to the Robert Koch Institute, laboratory tests are also important for children and people who have been vaccinated with mild symptoms. The health authority pointed this out in its Covid-19 weekly report. The number of such PCR tests in medical practices has fallen sharply in the past few weeks. However, the proportion of positive results is already increasing again. According to the report, it hit a low for this year last week, with 588,404 PCR tests submitted by 200 laboratories. Since the spring the values per week have been below a million. At around four percent, the proportion of positive tests is at a relatively low level, but higher than it has been for a long time.
Meanwhile, the median age of Covid-19 patients treated in hospital has fallen significantly compared to the beginning of the year, according to the report: At that time the median was 77, last week it was 48 years. The RKI does not give any reasons for the development. But there is a suspicion of a connection with the early start of vaccinations in the elderly and at risk.
According to RKI data, almost only the delta variant is now responsible for infections nationwide. It was found in a sample representative of Germany in just under 98 percent of the positive samples. The question of the role of travelers returning is difficult to answer in this context, as the data are incomplete. According to the report, a good 7,000 cases are known between mid-July and August 8 with possible infection abroad and around 26,000 in the same period in Germany (with just under 24,000 cases without such information). According to the RKI list, previous stays in Spain, Turkey and Kosovo were recorded most frequently.