Germany added more than 130,000 new in a single day Official warning said that in February, the daily increase may be hundreds of thousands

(Fight against new crown pneumonia) Germany added more than 130,000 new in a single day Official warning said that in February, it may increase by hundreds of thousands per day

Berlin, January 20 (China News Service) -- The number of new confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection in Germany in a single day has once again set a new record. The value released by the country's disease control agency on the 20th exceeded 130,000 for the first time, reaching 133536. German Federal Health Minister Lauterbach warned on the same day that by mid-February this year, the number of new daily confirmed cases in the country may reach hundreds of thousands.

The number of new confirmed cases and the number of new deaths announced by the Robert Koch Institute of the German disease control agency on the 20th were 133536 and 234 respectively. Among them, the number of new confirmed cases in a single day has exceeded 100,000 for two consecutive days and has successively refreshed the extreme value since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic. As of that day, 8320386 people have been confirmed and 116315 deaths. Among them, the "average number of new confirmed cases per 100,000 people in seven days" (incidence index) used by the country to monitor the severity of the epidemic rose to 638.8 on the same day, which also refreshed the extreme value since the epidemic for many consecutive days. The number of patients requiring intensive care in the ICU decreased by 124 from the previous day to a total of 2447. As of that day, Germany had received a total of 160.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and a total of 60.8 million people had been fully vaccinated, reaching 73.1% of the country's total population; the number of people who had received booster injections reached 40.7 million, accounting for 48.9% of the total population.

Lauterbach made the above statement on the same day on the talk show of German television station TWO. He expects the current outbreak in Germany to peak around mid-February, when the number of new confirmed cases per day is likely to reach hundreds of thousands. He said the estimate was based on current real-world scenarios.

Lauterbach warned that with a significant proportion of Germany's older people who have not yet completed vaccination, if the number of daily confirmed cases reaches hundreds of thousands, the country's critical bed carrying capacity will be severely tested, "far more severe than what we are currently seeing". (End)

Source: China News Network