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New RKI situation report with COVID-19 reproduction number for Germany (data status: October 16, 2020) is now online.

7 day R = 1.30
95% prediction interval: [1.12 - 1.49]

The report as a PDF is available here: rki.de/DE/Content/Inf…
ACCORDING TOTHE REPORT

+7334 NEW INFECTIONS
(Total: 348,557)

+ 24 new deaths
(Total: 9734)

German 7 day incidence = 37.2

411/ 412 districts reported new cases in the last 7 days (-1)

Districts >50 = 71 (+11)
The 7-day incidence is very clear in the federal states of Berlin and Bremen, in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia,
clearly above the national average in Saarland and slightly above the national average in Baden-Württemberg.
In the Berlin districts of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Mitte, Neukölln and Tempelhof-Schöneberg as well as in SK
Delmenhorst and SK Kassel, in LK Berchtesgadener Land, LK Bitburg-Prüm and LK Sankt Wendel and

(1/2)
is the 7th Days incidence over 100 cases / 100,000 inh. In 62 circles, the 7-day incidence was between 50-100 cases / 100,000
Residents, in a further 132 districts the 7-day incidence was between 25-50 cases / 100,000 inh. (2/2)
UPDATED NEW INFO TO TESTING:
"The National Test Strategy has been updated and includes the targeted use of antigen tests and the
extension of testing to other groups of people."
RKI COMMENT TO SITUATION:

"An accelerated increase in transmissions in the population in Germany can currently be observed. Therefore there is an urgent appeal that the entire population should be committed to infection protection.
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