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Strong increase in Corona figures

494 new infections in 24 hours – 7-day incidence of new Corona infections in the Steinfurt district is 270.4

Steinfurt district. With 494 (previous day: 206) new infections in 24 hours (as of 6.30 p.m. on 5 January), the total number of confirmed infections with coronavirus in the Steinfurt district is 30766 (30272) – this corresponds to around 6867 (6757) infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

The current 7-day incidence of the Robert Koch Institute is 270.4 (227.6) in the district of Steinfurt. This is the number of people newly infected with the coronavirus within the last seven days per 100,000 inhabitants.

The current hospitalisation incidence in the district of Steinfurt is 4.9 (4.7). This value describes how many people per 100,000 inhabitants were newly admitted to hospitals in the Steinfurt district due to a corona disease in the past seven days. The current incidences as well as further case numbers can also be seen on the internet at www.kreis-steinfurt.de/corona-dashboard.

In the hospitals in the district of Steinfurt, 51 (previous week: 53) COVID-19 patients are currently being treated, of whom 14 (10) are in intensive care, 6 (7) of them are being ventilated. These figures are collected weekly and published accordingly.

28129 (27946) people are now healthy again.

There are 390 deaths of proven infected persons in the district of Steinfurt (390). The number of deceased may differ in the state statistics, as there only the deaths infected with SARS-CoV-2 with a laboratory-confirmed result are counted. The district of Steinfurt, on the other hand, also counts deceased persons for whom the virus could not be confirmed by laboratory tests, but for whom the course of the disease and death is almost certainly due to an infection with the coronavirus and this is also stated in the medical death certificate).