Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - The pressure from corona patients on the clinics in the south-west, which are currently badly hit financially, continues to decrease. Not only has the nationwide seven-day incidence halved within a week, the number of Covid-19 cases in the normal and intensive care units of the hospitals is also falling significantly, as can be seen from the situation report of the State Health Office (LGA). emerges Thursday.
According to this, 1629 people with or because of Corona were treated in the normal wards, 326 fewer than in the previous week. The number in the intensive care units has also fallen compared to the previous week, from 177 to 150. The nationwide seven-day incidence fell by more than 201 in a weekly comparison to 203.3 infections per 100,000 inhabitants - this is the lowest value in more than six weeks in Baden-Württemberg.
The so-called R value also indicates that the number of new corona infections has been falling since the second week of October after the sharp increase from mid-September. The value that reflects the speed of propagation was last at 0.67. That means: On average, 100 infected people infect 67 people, a week earlier it was 78.
However, the LGA data only provide a very incomplete picture of the number of infections. Experts have been assuming for some time that there will be a large number of cases not recorded by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) - mainly because not all infected people have a PCR test done. However, only positive PCR tests count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values. This week there was a public holiday on Monday or Tuesday in most of the federal states.
