County ceases publication of Corona statistics for the time being
For some months now, the Corona situation has been easing nationwide. Many rules that were issued to combat the pandemic have been relaxed again or lifted completely. The easing is also noticeable in Waldeck-Frankenberg. In this context, the district has decided to stop publishing the Corona statistics, which were previously communicated twice a week, for the time being. There are different reasons for this.
On the one hand, fewer and fewer people are getting tested for the virus regularly or doing so themselves. Moreover, if the result of a rapid test is positive, a subsequent PCR test is no longer obligatory. Since only PCR tests are included in the data collection, it can therefore be assumed that the infection figures are rather higher than stated in the statistics. This lowers the significance of the data.
On the other hand, the Robert Koch Institute publishes a detailed weekly report on the development of the coronavirus nationwide every Thursday. On the RKI dashboard, the incidences, case numbers of the last seven days, deaths and the development of the total case numbers are also published in detail online on a daily basis - also for the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. In addition, the state of Hesse regularly publishes the indicators for pandemic determination in Hesse and the corresponding hospitalisation rate on its website.