The Robert Koch Institute shows the daily estimate of Covid-19 reproductions in Germany was rising in early May

3

Germany’s R number

The average number of people on to whom one infected person will pass the virus

2

95%

confidence

interval

1

If R stays below one, an outbreak will eventually die out

0

6 Mar

1 Apr

1 May

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

Germany’s R number

95%

confidence

interval

The average number of people on to whom one infected person will pass the virus

1.5

1.0

0.5

If R stays below one, an outbreak will eventually die out

0

6 Mar

16 Mar

26 Mar

5 Apr

15 Apr

25 Apr

05 May