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Berlin incidence at 357: RKI reports litte change

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Eine Frau steckt ein Abstrichstäbchen in die Flüssigkeit eines Corona-Schnelltests.

The Coronavirus incidence in Berlin has hardly changed over the past days and was at just under 357 on Friday according to RKI data.

On the days before, the number of new infections within seven days per 100,000 people had reached similar values. The RKI gave a nationwide incidence of around 486 on Friday, a value that also changed little.

Nearly 2500 new infections, eight deaths

Almost 2,500 new infections were reported for Berlin within one day. Since the start of the pandemic in spring 2020, just over one million infections have thus been registered for the capital. Eight new deaths were reported. Thus, a total of 4544 deaths related to Corona infections have been counted in Berlin since the start of the pandemic.

Experts assume higher figures

However, experts assume that many Coronavirus cases are not recorded because positive rapid tests are not always followed up with a PCR test. Only the latter are counted in the statistics. In addition, not all health offices report their data on a daily basis, which can lead to delays, especially at the weekend and at the beginning of the week.

Author: dpa/deepl.com
Further information: Coronavirus Information
Publication date: 13 May 2022
Last updated: 13 May 2022

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