Berlin incidence rises quickly by 100 to 1154 – Mitte now at 2286 – BZ Berlin
The corona incidence in Berlin continues to climb: the value was 1154.1 on Thursday, as can be seen from the Senate’s situation report. The day before the incidence was 1055.1.
The number indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants have been shown to have been newly infected with the corona virus in the past seven days.
According to Senate data from Thursday morning, 11,449 (previous day: 10,732) new infections were registered. This means that 426,864 people in Berlin have been infected with the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
There was another death. 4073 people have died of or with the disease caused by the pathogen since the beginning of the pandemic.
The situation in the districts
New cases were reported from all counties on Thursday. Most new infections are reported in the middle with 3005, followed by Pankow (+1812) and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (+1167), Spandau (+906) and Neukölln (+876). The fewest cases were registered in Reinickendorf (+14) and Marzahn-Hellersdorf (+285) as well as in Treptow-Köpenick (+537).
With the seven-day incidence, seven districts have now exceeded the 1000 threshold: New hotspot is middle with 2286 (previous day: 1797.2). Neukölln is behind with 1621. Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (1502.5), Spandau (1407), Pankow (1088.4), Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (1083.1) and Lichtenberg follow with 1067.8.
Marzahn-Hellersdorf has the lowest incidence with 205.1. A few days earlier, an incidence of 0 was reported there due to a delay in reporting. Due to a technical fault, no current data could be transmitted from Marzahn-Hellersdorf from January 10th to 17th.
All other districts have an incidence between 600 and 1000.
The status of vaccinations
73.9 percent (previous day: 73.6) of Berliners are fully vaccinated. 76.3 percent (previous day: 76.2) have been vaccinated at least once. A total of 7,163,356 vaccinations were granted.
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The Corona traffic light
The relative change in the seven-day incidence was replaced by the hospitalization incidence to provide a more meaningful indicator in the corona traffic light recording. The seven-day incidence and the occupancy of the intensive care beds remain unchanged.
► According to the management report, the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants – equivalent to the seven-day incidence for all of Berlin – is 1154.1 (previous day: 1055.1) – the traffic light is RED.
► The seven-day hospitalization incidence is 13.4 (previous day: 12.6) – the traffic light is RED.
This indicator shows how many people per 100,000 inhabitants were hospitalized after a corona infection within a week. The indicator is green when the value is below 4. From 4 the traffic light switches to yellow, at 8 to red.
► The utilization of the intensive care beds by corona patients is 17.8 percent (previous day: 17.6 percent) – the traffic light is YELLOW.
The yellow limit here is 5 percent, at 20 percent this traffic light also turns red.