Source: Sueddeutsche.de
Transaltion: google cause I'm lazy
The number of people suffering from Covid-19 in Munich continues to rise. On Tuesday, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported an incidence of 1497.4 for the state capital. The institute showed 7125 new corona cases and five other deaths. Last Friday, the RKI had reported a value of 1057.3. Hardly any health authorities report numbers over the weekend, so the values from Monday are inaccurate. In the entire Free State, the incidence on Tuesday was 1096.8.
However, the numbers from Tuesday only provide a very incomplete picture of the number of infections. Experts assume a high number of cases not recorded by the RKI - mainly because by far not all infected people have a PCR test done. Only positive PCR tests count in the statistics. In addition, late registrations or transmission problems can lead to a distortion of individual daily values.
The municipal health department assumes that there are also unreported cases in Munich that are at least three times the number of officially reported infected people. It is expected that the number of cases “will remain at a high level for a few more days and that the peak in hospital admissions has not yet been reached”. There is also a significant increase in influenza reports.
In the clinics, 637 beds are occupied by corona cases
In the Munich hospitals, 637 beds are currently occupied with confirmed Covid 19 cases, 30 of which are intensive care beds and 17 beds in intensive care. That is a total of 159 corona beds more than a week ago. According to the Divi intensive care register, the proportion of Covid patients in intensive care units in the state capital is around ten percent. Patients infected with the coronavirus are in 41 of the 403 available intensive care beds.
Hans Theiss, CSU faction deputy on the city council, warns: “The number of corona cases in Munich is exploding and the health system in this city is on the verge of collapse.” This is mainly due to the high number of Covid-infected doctors and nurses with a pronounced shortage of skilled workers, according to the cardiologist and intensive care doctor in a Twitter message: "The Wiesn has become a superspreader event, the mouse doesn't bite a thread." Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) confirmed on Tuesday that from his point of view the Wiesn was a success overall. It was clear that the numbers would go up after that. "We have to see how things go from there now."
The works council of the Munich clinic had previously drawn attention to the situation in the hospitals with drastic words. "The emergency centers are overcrowded, the patients are piling up in the corridors," said a letter to Mayor Dieter Reiter, health officer Beatrix Zurek (both SPD), the supervisory board and the management and clinic management. From circles of the works council it was heard that "chaotic conditions" had recently prevailed in the emergency rooms. There has not been such an increase in the number of patients with such a large shortage of staff for decades. Reiter announced that he had requested an urgent statement from the city clinic and was awaiting suggestions on how to deal with the "undeniably difficult situation".
