207 new confirmed corona cases – Incidence inaccurate today due to holidayThe health department of the regional association reports 207 new corona cases today (as of August 22, 4 p.m.). According to internal calculations, the number of newly reported cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days mathematically increases significantly to 327. However, this is because no numbers were reported to the RKI on Monday last week in Saarland due to the holiday. The report for the long weekend was only submitted on Tuesday. As a result, the current incidence calculation is based on cases from ten days instead of seven days. This will be balanced out again with tomorrow’s report to the RKI.
7-day total of new infections by cities and municipalities In the past ten days, 1,071 people in the regional association have been infected with the coronavirus. Of these, 585 live in Saarbrücken, 103 in Völklingen, 71 in Püttlingen, 58 in Sulzbach, 56 in Heusweiler, 54 in Quierschied, 46 in Riegelsberg, 42 in Friedrichsthal, 31 in Kleinblittersdorf, and 25 in Großrosseln.
Corona case numbers since the beginning of the pandemic
In total, the regional association has 125,934 confirmed cases that have tested positive since the beginning of the pandemic. Of these, 68,442 are in the state capital and 57,492 in the nine surrounding towns and municipalities.
Contact and further information
The health department of the regional association has set up an information hotline. You can reach it at 0681 506-5305 from Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. More information at www.regionalverband.de/corona.
Distribution of cases among the ten cities and municipalities:
