The corona virus continues to spread strongly in Germany: The Seven-day incidence rose to 263.7 from 249.1 the previous day, a week ago it was 169.9. She used it to mark the peaked fifth day in a row.
The numbers continue to rise dramatically in the south-east of the country. In Saxony shoots the incidence to 569, in Thuringia to 491.3. This is followed by Bavaria with 454.9. In all three federal states, the vaccination rate is below average. Four counties now report an incidence of over 1000.55 circles are above the 500 mark. Only Schleswig-Holstein has 93.9, a value below 100. The number of intensive care patients had risen to 2816 on Thursday, the number of intensive care beds still available was 2493. A number of hospitals have already postponed planned operations for other patients.