The variant has now reached 88 percent of all reported cases, the RKI said on Wednesday evening, citing laboratory tests conducted last week between March 22nd and 28th. Further increases in Covid-19 cases in hospitals are therefore to be expected, reported the RKI. (article continues below) See also on The Local:On Thursday, the RKI reported 24,300 new Covid-19 infections within 24 hours, as well as 201 deaths from or with the virus. Between March 8th and 14th, when weekly free rapid tests were introduced in Germany, 4.4 percent of laboratory-confirmed PCR tests were positive, according to RKI data. The RKI has logged a total of 2,833,173 confirmed coronavirus infections in Germany since the pandemic began.

Source: The Local April 01, 2021 14:03 UTC