Even if the gap has recently closed somewhat: Hesse is still lagging behind the federal average when it comes to vaccination rates.

At the beginning of the week, the vaccination campaign hardly makes any progress.

Less than half of the Hessians over the age of twelve are vaccinated.

In view of this, more unvaccinated people should be reached with low-threshold offers throughout Hesse.

Thorsten Winter

Business editor and internet coordinator in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.

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And from this Wednesday in the Frankfurt Festhalle anyone over the age of 16 can be vaccinated without an appointment. The motto is: “Sleeves up! Against Corona - for Frankfurt ". Meanwhile, the city and Frankfurt Eintracht continue to argue with the Ministry of Social Affairs over the question of how many fans can see the friendly against AS Saint-Étienne on Saturday. For health department head Stefan Majer, the kick is an incentive to vaccinate.

The reason for the dispute is the comparatively high incidence in Frankfurt. The metropolis on the Main has the most new corona cases among 100,000 inhabitants recorded within a week. For days, the value ranged above the 35 mark, which causes a negative test for those who want to eat or drink in a restaurant. The index fell below 35 overnight, but more freedom only takes effect after five days below this threshold. In Hesse, too, the central Corona code fell overnight. However, only five federal states have a higher incidence. In addition, there are more infections that have not been cured than on Monday, as reported by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

“In the festival hall there is finally enough vaccine available for everyone. Now it is a matter of really accelerating the vaccination and making the way to the vaccination as easy as possible, ”Majer is quoted by the city. Accordingly, mRNA vaccines and the product from Johnson & Johnson are available. However, there is no choice. Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann says: “Now there are no more excuses! Protecting yourself and others has never been easier. I beg you: if you haven't been vaccinated, do it now. Every vaccination helps to slow down the virus. ”Interested parties should bring a vaccination card and health insurance card.

According to the RKI, Hessian health authorities reported 65 new positive PCR tests overnight, two more than a week ago and 21 more than a month ago.

293,833 people in Hesse have officially contracted a variant of the corona virus since the pandemic began in March of last year.

19,200 are considered not to have recovered, 100 more than at the beginning of the week.

Since the end of June, the Hessen incidence has risen from 7.4 to 17, where it was 17.7 on Monday.

Only eight of the 26 large cities and districts in Hesse have single-digit incidences.

Nevertheless, all regions are now below the 35 mark, which is why the Corona map is consistently green.

Frankfurt is now at 33 after 36.7.

The RKI became aware of two further deaths in connection with the pandemic.

All in all, 7579 people have died of or with Covid-19 in Hesse so far.

According to the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 41 corona patients are in Hessian intensive care units, 14 of them must therefore be invasively ventilated.

In addition, there were recently 49 patients in normal wards and 65 suspected Covid cases in clinics.

60.6 percent of the Hessians with the first vaccination

The centrally located state is still below the federal average for both vaccination rates: According to the latest data, 60.6 percent of people in Hesse have received a first vaccination against the coronavirus, 0.1 percent more than on Monday. Hessen is now 0.4 points below the national average. The gap has recently closed somewhat. The front runner is Bremen with 69.9 percent of first-time vaccinations - Rhineland-Palatinate comes in at 62.3.

Hesse also lags behind the federal mean for the fully vaccinated.

Hesse comes in at 49.1 percent, which is 0.6 points less than the average, while Rhineland-Palatinate has 50 percent after 45.3.

3.81 million people in Hesse are vaccinated at least once, 3.086 million already have complete vaccination protection.

These numbers refer to people over the age of twelve.

Hessen has a total of around 6.6 million inhabitants.

Resident physicians and staff have so far administered almost 2.39 million vaccinations, as the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians announced.

Since the beginning of April, the general practitioners' practices in Hesse have also been vaccinated against Covid-19, a little later the specialist practices and, on June 7th, the company doctors were added.