Significantly fewer new corona cases than a week ago, just like on Monday: The short-term trend for new infections appears encouraging.

The same applies with regard to the seven-day incidence in Hesse in a weekly comparison: both values ​​indicate a calming down

Corona infection events hope, especially since the incidence is also lower than on Monday.

Thorsten Winter

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

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The hospitalization rate has jumped up, is clearly higher than seven days ago and, above all, marks a high since the introduction of this indicator.

And once again, the clinics look after more Covid patients in normal wards than seven days ago.

And in the intensive care units, the doctors and nurses are now looking after more corona patients again.

The increased number of patients is a consequence of the seven-day incidence, which has been climbing for weeks, which reflects the newly recorded positive PCR tests among 100,000 inhabitants within a week.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, a rising incidence has resulted in more Covid patients in clinics.

This is also the case in the current wave, which is shaped by the Omicron variant.

Kassel with the highest incidence

As reported by the Ministry of Social Affairs with reference to the Robert Koch Institute, the Hessian health authorities reported 12,062 new cases overnight after 16,079 seven days ago.

25 more deaths compare to the 10 reported last Tuesday.

The Hesse incidence is now 1476 after 1539 the day before and 1664 a week ago.

The federal average is 1437.

The city of Kassel has the highest incidence in Hesse with 2417, followed by the district of Offenbach with 2153. Only eight regions in Germany have a higher value than the north Hessian city.

Offenbach comes to 1771 and Frankfurt to 1359 with a clear downward trend.

No region is below 1000. All counties and all major cities have four-digit incidences.

The hospitalization rate is 6.71 after 5.61.

It stands for the Covid patients admitted to hospitals within seven days among 100,000 inhabitants.

These also include people who have been presented with another illness but have then tested positive and have to be isolated.

The Corona normal wards look after 1394 patients after 1285 seven days ago, including 178 suspected cases.

On Monday of this week there were 1276. The intensive care units report 243, twelve more than seven days ago.

Another 73.4 percent vaccinated

According to the ministry, 54.7 percent of the patients with Covid-19 treated in Hessian intensive care units are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, while 41.3 percent are fully vaccinated.

"For 4 percent, the vaccination status is unknown." The vaccination rate is hardly progressing, rather it is stagnating.

According to the ministry, 73.4 percent of the Hessian population are fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, seven days ago 73 percent.

53.1 percent were boosted.

At a glance: These corona rules currently apply in Hesse.