Incidence is rising again: RKI reports almost 12,000 new corona cases

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Incidence is rising again
RKI reports almost 12,000 new corona cases

According to the RKI, the number of new infections reported within seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) was 64.7 nationwide on Thursday morning and thus slightly higher than the previous day (64.0). Four weeks ago, on February 4th, the incidence was 80.7. Its previous high was reached on December 22nd at 197.6.

The high of 1,244 newly reported deaths was reached on January 14th. Among the new infections registered within 24 hours, the highest value was reached on December 18 with 33,777 – but it contained 3500 late reports.

The RKI has counted 2,471,942 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic (as of March 4, 5:20 a.m.). The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not detected. The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at around 2,283,400. The total number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 71,240.

According to the RKI management report on Wednesday, the nationwide seven-day R-value was 0.93 (previous day 0.94). This means that 100 infected people theoretically infect 93 other people. The value represents the occurrence of the infection 8 to 16 days ago. If it is below 1 for a longer period of time, the infection process subsides; if it is consistently higher, the number of cases increases.

Note: The RKI figures usually deviate slightly from the case data that ntv.de reports daily in the evening. The ntv.de data team has direct access to the registration figures from the federal states as published by the local ministries and authorities. The RKI, on the other hand, is bound to the legally prescribed reporting channels, which can lead to a delay.

In addition, the respective daily values ​​map different recording periods: the ntv evaluation collects the country information published by the evening and uses this to calculate a daily status of the reported number of cases, which is usually published from 8 p.m. The RKI’s recording system, on the other hand, takes into account incoming reports up to midnight, with the current data status being announced the following morning.