Somehow it seems a long time since I wrote about the Corona virus on this site. Having “coped” through the summer, it was mid-October when the number of infections started to rise again.
The measures were tightened up again at the beginning of November, primarily hitting restaurants who – having invested in heating for outdoor seating and plastic screens – were suddenly told that they could only offer delivery and collection services.
But the numbers continued to rise. Locally in Hochtaunuskreis they went from around 50 cases per 100,000 people in 7 days in mid-October, to 120 at the start of November, hitting a peak of 207 in the middle of the month. Having gone back down to 105 as measures started to take effect, at the time of writing they are now back up to 143.
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