(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Germany newly added a new record in a single day

　　China News Agency, Berlin, November 5 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The German Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Koch Institute announced on the 5th that the number of newly diagnosed new coronavirus infections was 19,990, which once again set a new high since the country's outbreak.

As of that night, the cumulative number of confirmed infections in Germany has exceeded 600,000.

At present, the number of intensive care beds and laboratory analysis and testing capabilities in Germany are both facing tests, causing concerns about overloading medical resources.

On November 2nd, local time, Munich, Germany, there were few people near the Lembach Art Museum, and a restaurant was closed and closed for business.

　　According to the real-time data of Germany's "Times Online", as of 20:00 local time on the 5th, Germany has a total of 608,077 confirmed cases, 391,490 cured, and 11,107 dead.

　　As a key medical resource that Germany relied on to respond to the first wave of the epidemic, the number of intensive care (ICU) beds occupied has become an important indicator for observing the current trend of the epidemic in Germany.

The German "Daily News" website reported that as of the 5th, the number of new coronary patients requiring intensive care beds across Germany has risen to 2,587.

　　According to estimates by the German Hospital Association, the number of COVID-19 patients occupying intensive care beds is expected to exceed the highest value of 2,933 reached during the first wave of the epidemic in April this year.

The association believes that the number of new crown patients who need to occupy intensive care beds is expected to rise to 6,000 at the end of this month.

The real-time data of "Times Online" shows that there are only 6,894 intensive care beds in Germany.

　　Another medical resource facing the test is the laboratory responsible for providing nucleic acid test reports.

According to the latest data from the Robert Koch Institute, as of November 1, 69 laboratories in Germany had a backlog of 98,931 test samples that needed to give results; and two weeks ago, only 20,799 of 52 laboratories had a backlog. sample.

　　The agency's data also showed that Germany's positive test rate has soared 10 times in the past two months.

Among them, in the week ending August 30, the positive rate was 0.7%.

By the week ending November 1, the positive rate had climbed to 7.3%.

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