Lowest level in ten months: Germany reports only 346 new infections

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Germany last fell below the limit of 500 new infections per day in August 2020. Today, 21 June, the seven-day incidence is only 8.6, and it continues to fall, although no longer as rapidly. The number of deaths has also dropped sharply.

For the first time in ten months, public health departments reported fewer than 500 new infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. Thus, the RKI registered 346 new cases, according to figures released Monday morning. They reflect the status of the RKI dashboard as of 05:10, subsequent changes or additions by the RKI are possible.

The last time the number of new infections per day had been below the threshold of 500 was Aug. 10, when it was 436. On Mondays, the case numbers reported by the RKI are usually lower, partly because less testing is done on weekends. A week ago, the figure had been 549 infections. The RKI reported a seven-day incidence of 8.6 nationwide (previous day: 8.8; previous week: 16.6; previous month: 67.3). According to the data, ten new deaths were recorded within 24 hours throughout Germany. A week ago, there had also been ten deaths.

The RKI counts 3,722,327 proven infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic, but the actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not detected. The RKI gives the number of those who have recovered as 3,605,200. The number of people who died from or with a confirmed infection with Sars-CoV-2 is now reported at 90,395.

Sunday evening’s RKI situation report did not show a nationwide seven-day R value for “technical reasons.” On Saturday evening, the RKI gave it as 0.69 (previous day: 0.70). This means that 100 infected people mathematically infect 69 other people. The R-value represents the infection incidence 8 to 16 days ago. If the R-value is below 1 for a longer period of time, the incidence of infection is decreasing; if it is continuously above 1, the number of cases is increasing.

Source: ntv.de, als/dpa/picture: pixabay.com