According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the inadequate vaccination rates among younger adults in the corona pandemic are also reflected in Germany's intensive care units.

Among the people treated there were more 18 to 59-year-olds than people over 60 from mid-August to early September, according to the RKI weekly report published on Thursday evening.

This could be interpreted as an effect of the vaccination campaign and the still insufficiently high rates among 18 to 59 year olds.

In the intensive care units, the proportion of Covid patients increased again overall.

With almost 1400 sick people, the increase was 22 percent compared to the previous week, the report said.

There were maximum values ​​here around Christmas time with around 5760 intensive care patients.

Seven-day incidence increases slightly

According to the RKI, breakthroughs in vaccination as a reason for hospital admission have so far been very rare.

The institute therefore continues to appeal to German citizens to be immunized against Covid-19 both for their own protection and for the protection of others.

Children under 12 who cannot yet be vaccinated must also be protected.

The seven-day incidence of new corona infections rose again.

According to information from Friday morning, it was 83.8 - the previous day the value was 83.5, a week ago it was 80.2.

The health authorities in Germany reported 12,969 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.

This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:28 a.m.

A week ago, the value was 14,251 infections.

According to the new information, 55 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 45 deaths.

The RKI has counted 4,059,081 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 number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Thursday at 1.89 (previous day 1.79).

A nationwide threshold value from when the situation can be viewed critically is not provided for the incidence of hospitalization, among other things because of large regional differences.

The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.

The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 3,810,100.

The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 92,553.