Germany once again recorded a new consecutive peak in the incidence of coronavirus in this sixth wave of the pandemic, with which some federal states consider extending restrictions beyond March 20, the date scheduled for the next phase of easing measures.
Thus, the cumulative incidence stands at 1,585.4 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days, after 1543.0 on Monday, 1,293.6 a week ago and 1,437.5 a month ago, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute of Virology (RKI) updated last morning.
Health authorities reported 198,888 new positives and 283 deaths within 24 hours, compared to 156,799 and 324 a week ago, while active cases are estimated at around 3,592,600.
Given the advancement of the Ómicron BA.2 subvariant and the increase in new infections, some federal states, such as Berlin, Hamburg, Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate, have already hinted at their intention to extend restrictions to contain the pandemic beyond this Sunday, when most will in principle disappear of measures throughout the country.
The new phase of relaxation of restrictions, however, provides for the maintenance of basic protection measures, mainly tests and masks and vulnerable groups in schools and kindergartens.
In addition, additional measures may be introduced where localized outbreaks are recorded, including masks, distancing, tests and covid passport.
As of Monday, 76.5% of the population (63.6 million people) had been vaccinated, 75.7% (63 million) on the full schedule, while 57.9% (48.1 million) had received a booster dose.
On his Twitter account, virologist and government adviser Christian Drosten, warned that “Hong Kong shows, as expected, that Omicron is not mild in unvaccinated older people.”
“Germany still has more than two million unvaccinated people over 60 years of age,” he said.
(With information from EFE)
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