German Minister’s ominous forecast: He expects such enormously high numbers of infections every day! – NEW TIME

As Lauterbach said on ZDF television on Wednesday night, according to realistic pandemic scenarios, the current wave “will reach its peak around mid-February and we must expect several hundred thousand cases (infections) per day”.

He added that it is not certain that these forecasts will actually be fulfilled, but it is according to him “very likely”.

“Since we have a high number of unvaccinated older people in Germany, it may turn out quite differently (worse) in our country, such as in Italy, France or England.” warned the minister.

He said that in England, the number of unvaccinated in the group of people over the age of 50 ranges from one to two percent. “These are values ​​we don’t even come close to.” Lauterbach said.

He described the current relatively low number of patients with covid in German hospitals (due to the high number of people infected) only as a temporary condition, as the main wave of the disease, which is already taking place in England or France, will only hit Germany.

“I expect the actual occupation of intensive care units in the middle or at the end of February, or in a month. And I hope that then it will look good,” he said.

On Wednesday morning, Germany reported for the first time more than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus infection in 24 hours – 112,323 more were infected. On Thursday, the health authorities of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 133,536 new infections – a week ago there were 81,417 for comparison. The number of COVID-19-related deaths has also increased by 234 in the past 24 hours. Germany has registered 116,315 victims since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.