Incidence in Tempelhof-Schoeneberg jumps to 3192 – more patients in clinics – BZ Berlin
The corona incidence in Berlin has fallen slightly: the value on Friday was 1829.4, as can be seen from the Senate’s situation report. The day before the incidence was 1863.1.
The incidence 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.
► More and more Berliners are coming to the hospital because of Covid-19. In the past seven days, 19.1 out of 100,000 people affected have been admitted to clinics in the city, as the health administration announced on Friday. A week ago the value was 14.7.
However, most of those infected do not have to go to an intensive care unit. 16.3 percent of the beds there are occupied by corona patients, slightly less than a week ago.
With the again very high incidence, Berlin remains the federal state with the highest value nationwide. They are followed at some distance by Hamburg (1673.4) and Bremen (1588.7). According to current data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Thuringia still has the minimum incidence at 402.2.
According to Senate data from Friday morning, 11,736 (previous day: 14,730) new infections were registered. This means that 511,775 people in Berlin have been infected with the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.
There was another death. 4098 people have died in Berlin since the beginning of the pandemic from or with the disease caused by the pathogen.
The situation in the districts
All counties reported new cases on Friday. Most were registered in Tempelhof-Schoeneberg (+2277), Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (+1382) and Mitte (+1318). The fewest were reported from Marzahn-Hellersdorf (+327).
► With the seven-day incidence, five districts are above the 2000 threshold: Mitte with 2546.6 (previous day: 2891), Pankow with 2523.6 (previous day: 2815.3), Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg with 2408.6 (previous day : 2377.1) as well as Spandau with 2081.3 and Neukölln with 2080.3 (previous day: 2240.8).
Hotspot is now Tempelhof-Schoeneberg with a surge in incidence to 3192.2 (previous day: 2828.6)
Steglitz-Zehlendorf has the minimum incidence with 748.5 (previous day: 683.1), followed by Marzahn-Hellersdorf with 753.8 (previous day: 720.6). The other districts have an incidence between 1000 and 2000.
The status of vaccinations
74.6 percent (previous day: 74.5) of Berliners are fully vaccinated. 76.7 percent (previous day: 76.7) have been vaccinated at least once. A total of 7,346,682 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 1829.4 (previous day: 1863.1) – the traffic light is RED.
► The seven-day hospitalization incidence is 19.1 (previous day: 17.9) – 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 16.3 percent (previous day: 18.7 percent) – the traffic light is YELLOW.
The yellow limit here is 5 percent, at 20 percent this traffic light also turns red.