German Infection Rate Rises Slightly While Death Rate Steady

(Bloomberg) --

Germany’s coronavirus cases rose by 331 while the death rate held steady, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

• Deaths increased by 6 to 9,063, a smaller increase than most days since the beginning of March. The death rate remained at 4.55% for the fourth day in a row.
• The reproduction factor -- or R value -- rose slightly to 0.80, according to the latest estimate by the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s health body. The 95% confidence interval means the number is somewhere between 0.65 and 0.99, both under the key threshold of 1.0 which is seen as crucial to preventing a second wave of infections.
• The RKI also provides a seven-day R value, which is seen as being less influenced by fluctuations. The value was 0.90, up from 0.86 on Thursday.

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