The infection numbers officially reported by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) have fallen significantly in the past two weeks. At the beginning of this decline, however, there were indications that the development was more due to overloaded health departments and laboratories than to an actual relaxation of the situation.
It is still It is difficult to assess whether there is a real decline in new infections or whether the values are still heavily influenced by an under-recording of the detected infectionssaid Teichert. “Probably both is the case.” The burden on the health authorities is still high across the board – even in the federal states with comparatively low numbers of infections. Teichert points out that for a long time an incidence of 50 was the upper limit for the health authorities’ resilience. Even federal states with comparatively low incidences are currently well over 100.