For the first time since September: Incidence in Germany is back to single digits

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Germany: After nine months and six days, the nationwide seven-day incidence reaches a value below ten again for the first time. However, the RKI does not yet want to give the all-clear. Still too few humans would have a complete inoculation protection.

The nationwide seven-day incidence of Corona cases is back in the single digits for the first time in a good nine months. The Robert Koch Institute gave the value of Corona new infections per 100,000 inhabitants with reference to data of the health offices with 9.3. The last time a single-digit incidence value was registered at the federal level was September 13, 2020.

Saturday morning, the RKI reported 1108 new Corona infections. 99 infected persons died. On Saturday last week, 1911 new infections as well as 129 deaths had been registered.

“Simple vaccination hardly protects against delta variant”
The total number of recorded Corona cases in Germany since the start of the pandemic is 3,721,139, according to the latest RKI figures. The total number of recorded deaths rose to 90,369. The RKI put the number of people recovered from Covid 19 disease at around 3,601,200.

The seven-day incidence is a key measure for tightening or relaxing Corona requirements. On May 14, the figure had fallen below one hundred nationwide. It had reached its highest level to date on December 22, at 197.6.

Despite the falling incidence and rising vaccination rates, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn and RKI President Lothar Wieler had warned on Friday of the dangers posed by the highly contagious delta variant. The number of infections with this variant, which was first detected in India, is still at a low level in Germany, but is rising rapidly, they stressed. The question is not whether, but when it will become the dominant variant in this country.

Wieler urged people to be fully vaccinated in any case – only then would the vaccinations provide very good protection against the delta variant. According to Spahn, 41.5 million people in this country have now received their first vaccination dose, increasing their share of the total population to 50.1 percent. According to him, 29.6 percent already have full vaccination protection, which is mostly achieved after the second vaccination.