Corona case numbers: Local outbreaks reproduction number let explode

Local outbreaks continue to define the Corona of infection-related events in Germany.

Overall, the local authorities have reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) 687 new infections within a day, such as the RKI reported early Sunday morning (data as of 21.06., 0: 00).

Thus, the daily numbers of reported new infections is still significantly higher than the values that were reported until about the middle of June, daily.

The higher Numbers of the past few days were mainly due to major outbreaks in North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin and Hesse, it was the last of the RKI.

Since the beginning of the Corona-crisis 189.822 people in Germany is proven with Sars-CoV-2.

In connection with the largest local outbreak in a meat factory by Tönnies in the East Westphalian district of Gütersloh has been demonstrated in more than 1,300 employees, the Virus 200 results of the total of 6139-tested employees are still to come.

The circle exceeds the Federal government and the länder agreed threshold of 50 Corona infections within a week per 100,000 population clear. For a Lockdown, the authorities see currently, however, no reason to be.

Coronavirus: the situation remains calm

In most States, the number of new infections is still low. Also in the Federal state of Thuringia, which has picked up about a week ago as the first of the contact restrictions, the situation remains manageable.

In the past 24 hours, the authorities reported three new cases. More than 140 counties reported in the past seven days, no new infections.

So far, 8882 proof died the RKI, according to the Virus Infected. 174.900 people have survived the infection, according to the RKI estimates, an increase of about 200 in comparison to the previous day.

By Corona-Hotspots of the R-value will rise significantly

The reproduction number, in short the R-value is increased according to the RKI estimates with data 21.6., 0.00, 2.88 (previous day: 1,79). This means that an Infected person in the middle catches between two and three other people.

The R-value in each case forms the infection from happening about a week and a half before. The value of reactive numbers on short-term Changes in the case, caused by individual outbursts, sensitive to, such as the RKI will be explained.

In particular, in the case of a small number of new cases this could lead to relatively large fluctuations.

Since the middle of may, the RKI is also a so-called Seven-days-R. It refers to a longer period of time and is therefore subject to less current fluctuations.

According to the RKI estimates of this value increased with data 21.6 state., 0.00, 2.03 (previous day: 1,55). He shows that the Infection occurred from 8 to 16 days.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

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