Coronavirus pandemic: Over 20,400 employees in the health sector infected

Since the beginning of the Corona-crisis infected the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) show that in Germany more than 20.400 employees of hospitals and nursing facilities with the novel Virus.

Of them have survived, according to the RKI, in the meantime, an estimated 19,100 people the infection. Alone in hospitals, clinics, dialysis facilities, and in the case of emergency services, the RKI reported so far, more than 11.800 Corona cases (as of 18.5. 0 PM).

In nursing and other residential facilities there were more than 8,500 infections. A total of 895 ill employees had to be treated accordingly, stationary, 61 have died.

Staff in health facilities will, however, tested only selectively to the Coronavirus, writes the ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ (Tuesday).

The RKI have granted at the request of the newspaper, it was the Institute not known how comprehensive the facilities will be tested.

Overall, the RKI has yet 175.200 Corona infections registered in Germany, of which 155.700 who have survived the infection already.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

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