Germany reports record number of corona deaths

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The number of reported corona virus-related deaths in Germany has reached a new high. Within one day, German public health departments transmitted 1,188 new deaths to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), according to RKI figures released Friday morning. In addition, 31,849 new infections were reported. The previous high of 1,129 new deaths had been reached on December 30.

When interpreting the case numbers, it should further be noted that in the weeks around Christmas and the turn of the year, fewer people probably visited a doctor, fewer samples were taken and fewer laboratory tests were performed, the RKI said. “This may have resulted in fewer pathogen detections being reported to the relevant health authorities.”

Data for 7-day incidence should also be evaluated with caution – until robust figures for seven individual days are available. The RKI assumes that the reporting data on the incidence of infection will not be reliable again until the end of next week/beginning of the week after next at the earliest, it said in response to a query. According to Chancellor Angela Merkel, clarity about the infection incidence after the holidays is to be gained on January 17.