North Rhine-Westphalia: Corona incidence in NRW is 249.1

Düsseldorf (dpa/lnw) - The number of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants reported within seven days was 249.

North Rhine-Westphalia: Corona incidence in NRW is 249.1

Düsseldorf (dpa/lnw) - The number of new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants reported within seven days was 249.1 in North Rhine-Westphalia on Thursday. This emerged from the figures published by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Within 24 hours, 9,478 confirmed new cases and 22 deaths related to the corona virus were added. The day before, the seven-day incidence in NRW was 249.4, a week earlier 296.8. A value of 394.1 had been reported four weeks earlier.

However, the information only provides 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 RKI - mainly because not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.