Covid today Germany, 26,392 infections and 184 deaths: rising incidence

In the last 24 hours, Germany has recorded 23,392 new infections and 184 deaths from covid 19. According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (Rki), there is a rise in the incidence, which settles at 220.3 cases each 100 thousand inhabitants. Yesterday the incidence had reached 214.9, a figure well below the 442.9 of a month ago. But “there is light at the end of the tunnel” of the pandemic, the new German health minister, Karl Lauterbach, told the traditional New Year program of the public network Zdf. Speaking live from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Lauterbach stressed that the new omicron variant of covid-19 is particularly contagious, but is currently less severe than the delta variant. “This is already a ray of hope,” said the minister, underlining however that this is true for those who are immunized. While for the unvaccinated the situation is more dangerous.