Corona pandemic in Hesse: So many infected young people by the end of may

another 32 confirmed infections with the Coronavirus, and thus three less than the previous day, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Germany on Wednesday reports. The increase for Tuesday is smooth 0.3 percent. Since the beginning of the pandemic in early March, 10.645 infections have been reported. Meanwhile, around 9800 patients are considered as cured. Two more deaths in connection with the disease, are known to the night; all in all, 503 Corona in the state of Hesse, to complain about the victim. 19,5 Convalescent officially come to a death in the family.

Thorsten Winter

business editor and Internet coordinator of the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.

In the past ten days, the health authorities in Hessen have seen more new Corona infections among children and adolescents. In some age group, there were, according to the data of RKI, almost a tripling. In the cohort of young people from 15 to 19 years, for example. However, these Figures require a second look, especially in the group of small children up to four years the trend is declining.

19 cases after eight

Because of five new infections in the 15 were in the older youth last – this is a manageable number. In the group of ten to 14 years, it went up from eight to 19. Ultimately, there are so many new cases as at the end of may.

For the current week are available, depending on the age group previously, a maximum of five new infections. In view of this, a spokesperson for the disease control, the leading RKI is to keep in mind that from the data no Trend in reading let. An increase could be related to a so-called local infection happen together. Like it was in the Kassel area in a refugee home and in a Church community in Frankfurt, a Corona outbreak. Not to forget the three dozen cases under the employees of Amazon in Bad Hersfeld.

Only three with a white vest

the Corona-Bulletin of the Ministry of social Affairs of 14 clock, shrinks the circle of the large cities and counties with a white vest in the Seven-day incidence. This value refers to the new cases among 100,000 inhabitants within a week. After a new infection, the circle is like pouring out of this circle. Now, because of the castle and the bird's mountain, the Null is only for the Lahn-Dill-Kreis, a Kreis Limburg -. For the nine-circle and circle-free cities is a one-to-book.

After the small wave of Infection among Amazon employees of the district Hersfeld leads-red castle in the Seven-day incidence of the negative table with the value of 21. Second, the city of Kassel is 14 Offenbach with twelve. However, 15 of them within a week are reported for Frankfurt's neighbouring city since the beginning of March, 181 infections. Frankfurt comes to a total of at 1742, with 54 in the past seven days have been reported.

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With a view on the number of Convalescent but note the following limitation: such As the RKI and the F. A. Z. said, it will collect data on the number of Recovering not officially. The survey was also not provided for in the law. "However, one can assume that at least in the cases where the most information has been determined, had no severe symptoms, and were not admitted to hospital, the fact that you are at the latest to recover after 14 days", - stated in Berlin at the headquarters of the Institute. The RKI guess the number of Recovering only.

The RKI takes into account those cases, which were submitted on the day of 0.00. "For the presentation of new cases reported per day in the reporting date – the date on which the local health Department obtains knowledge about the case and him and electronically recorded," reads the website of the Institute. Between the notification by Doctors and laboratories to the health Department and the Transfer of the cases to the competent state authorities and the RKI for a few days could pass. In such cases, the speech is by Reporting delays.