The incidence of corona in North Rhine-Westphalia is again in the triple digits and is therefore higher than in any other federal state.The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave them on Monday morning On his website With 103.3. There were 99.2 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within 7 days of the previous day, compared to 57.2 a week ago. These figures clearly show that the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, led by Prime Minister Amin Raschelt (CDU), is experiencing exponential growth.
The national average on Monday morning was 56.4, which was significantly lower than the most populous federal state. According to RKI, Hamburg has an incidence rate of 71.6, ranking second among the federal states. Are these two federal states the black sheep of the Republic, or are they just showing what we can expect again across the country in the near future?
It is not clear why the incidence is so high in all parts of North Rhine-Westphalia. At the same time, all regions and independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia not only broke the 35 threshold, but also broke the 50 threshold. In Leverkusen, it even rose by more than 200 on Monday.
High numbers due to a lot of testing?
Executive leadership of Leverkusen According to the Rhein Post These figures are based on the fact that families are infected with the coronavirus, especially when traveling abroad. Medical officer Martin Ole said that due to the highly contagious Delta variant, the virus spreads very effectively in the family. The city currently pursues the principle of active case detection: all contacts of infected persons are tested twice using PCR testing. According to Oehler, approximately 20% of new infections were discovered within one day of the past week. According to RP-Online, he said: “If you subtract 20% from the incidence, our top position will disappear again.”
Whether the large number of cases can really only be attributed to Leverkusen’s testing strategy is still questionable. However, it is clear that the high incidence is not due to individual outbreaks or clusters, as previously observed after the Lüneburg graduation ceremony.
Are they returning passengers? The summer vacation in Hamburg and Berlin has ended, and the incidence rate has exceeded 50 times. But even in southern Bavaria, the holidays did not end until mid-September, and the incidence in some areas again exceeded 50. In Hessen, Schleswig-Holstein or Baden-Wurttemberg, the red dots on the corona map show high incidence in some areas.
Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that North Rhine-Westphalia is currently undergoing a different dynamic. The highly contagious Delta variant is now finally spreading in Germany. Over the past few weeks, the numbers in all federal states have increased — some increased, some less intense — and one thing has always been the front runner: at the beginning of the pandemic, it particularly hit North Rhine-Westphalia, following Germany. The Heinsburg area after the carnival after the emergence of the first coronavirus. The hot spot appeared.
According to RKI, delta variants are currently mainly spread among young and unvaccinated people. Despite this, the government is currently refusing to take more stringent measures. In addition, due to the summer vacation, people are particularly mobile. Therefore, the incidence of other federal states will also rise sharply, which seems to be only a matter of time.
“North Rhine-Westphalia is losing control”
SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach expressed concern about the situation in North Rhine-Westphalia on Twitter: “North Rhine-Westphalia is losing control,” it said. And: “If we continue to do this until the federal election, too many people will become seriously ill in the next five weeks. We should also apply the 2G rules as much as possible now.«
