The coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Germany began in March 2020, with high new daily case numbers still being recorded during 2023. The pandemic is ongoing.

Staying home

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation on March 11, 2020. This declaration immediately impacted life in Germany on all levels. Rising coronavirus (COVID-19) case numbers in March-April led to the swift implementation of nationwide distancing and crowd control measures to stop further spread of the virus, which primarily transferred most easily from person to person. From a large-scale economic shutdown, venue, school, daycare and university closures, to social distancing and the contact ban officially implemented by the German government, seemingly in the space of days life as the population knew it came to a standstill in the whole country.

Unlockdown

Later in April 2020, Germany began easing some of the restrictions related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as case numbers began to drop. Elements of uncertainty remain and touch on various aspects, for example, regarding national mental and physical health, both among adults and children, the possibility of long-term effects from the virus, immunity. A rising worry among European nations was economic recovery.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread through Germany between 2020 and 2024. As of April 2024, there were over 38.8 million cases recorded in the country. . Click here for more statistical data and facts on the coronavirus.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to over 183,000 deaths in Germany, as of 2024. When looking at the distribution of deaths by age, based on the figures currently available, most death occurred in the age group 80 years and older at approximately 118,938 deaths.

Germany recorded 38418899 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Germany reported 173834 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Germany Coronavirus Cases.

This dataset contains data regarding COVID-19 cases in Germany by Landkreise (district). It was originally published by the Robert Koch-Institut (RKI).For each Landkreis, data is available about: number of cases (cumulative), number of cases per 100 000 persons (cumulative or only the last seven days), percentage of cases (cumulative number of cases among the Landkreis population), number of deaths (cumulative) and death rate (percentage of deaths among the cases).The dataset also contains various geo-administrative information, such as populations, geographical shapes and administrative codes.Enrichment:Dates given in German format have been converted to ISO datetime.

In past 24 hours, Germany, Europe had 73 new cases, 16 deaths and N/A recoveries.

The aim of the special survey of the GESIS panel on the outbreak of the corona virus SARS-CoV-2 in Germany was to collect timely data on the effects of the corona crisis on people´s daily lives. The study focused on questions of risk perception, risk minimization measures, evaluation of political measures and their compliance, trust in politics and institutions, changed employment situation, childcare obligations, and media consumption. Due to the need for timely data collection, only the GESIS panel sub-sample of online respondents was invited (about three quarters of the sample). Since, due to time constraints, respondents could only participate in the online survey but not by mail, the results cannot be easily transferred to the overall population. Further longitudinal surveys on Covid-19 with the entire sample of the GESIS panel are planned for 2020.

Topics: Risk perception: Probability of events related to corona infection in the next two months (self, infection of a person from close social surrondings, hospital treatment, quarantine measures regardless of whether infected or not, infecting other people)

Risk minimization: risk minimization measures taken in the last seven days (avoided certain (busy) places, kept minimum distance to other people, adapted school or work situation, quarantine due to symptoms or without symptoms, washed hands more often, used disinfectant, stocks increased, reduced social interactions, worn face mask, other, none of these measures).

Evaluation of the effectiveness of various policy measures to combat the further spread of corona virus (closure of day-care centres, kindergartens and schools, closure of sports facilities, closure of bars, cafés and restaurants, closure of all shops except supermarkets and pharmacies, ban on visiting hospitals, nursing homes and old people´s homes, curfew for persons aged 70 and over or people with health problems or for anyone not working in the health sector or other critical professions (except for basic purchases and urgent medical care).

Curfew compliance or refusal: Willingness to obey a curfew vs. refusal; reasons for the compliance with curfew (social duty, fear of punishment, protection against infection, fear of infecting others (loved ones, infecting others in general, a risk group); reasons for refusal of curfew (restrictions too drastic or not justified, other obligations, does not stop the spread, not affected by the outbreak, boring at home, will not be punished).

Evaluation of the effectiveness of various government measures (medical care, restrictions on social life such as closure of public facilities and businesses, reduction of economic damage, communication with the population).

Trust in politics and institutions with regard to dealing with the coronavirus (physician, local health authority, local and municipal administration, Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Federal Government, German Chancellor, Ministry of Health, World Health Organization (WHO), scientists).

Changed employment situation: employment status at the beginning of March; change in occupational situation since the spread of coronavirus: dependent employees: number of hours reduced, number of hours increased, more home office, leave of absence with/ without continued wage payment , fired, no change; self-employed: working hours reduced, working hours increased, more home office, revenue decreased, revenue increased, company temporarily closed by the authorities, company temporarily voluntarily closed, financial hardship, company permanently closed or insolvent, no change.

Childcare: children under 12 in the household; organisation of childcare during the closure of day-care centres, kindergartens and schools (staying at home, partner stays at home, older siblings take care, grandparents are watching, etc.)

Media consumption on Corona: information sources used for Corona (e.g. nationwide public or private television or radio, local public or private television or radio, national newspapers or local newspapers, Facebook, other social media, personal conversations with friends and family, other, do not inform myself on the subject); frequency of Facebook usage; information about Corona obtained from regional Facebook page or regional Facebook group.

Demography: sex; age (categorized); education (categorized); intention to vote and choice of party (Sunday question); Left-right self-assessment; marital status; size of household.

Additionally coded: Respondent ID;...

The number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered in Germany rose to 192221468 as of Oct 27 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Germany Coronavirus Vaccination Total.

COVID-19 data for Germany from 2020-03-02 to 2023-01-26, including tot_cases, tot_deaths

Files:

• ".pkl" Cache file backup
• Dataframe exported "PyCoa-DF.csv"
• Original database backup

The datasets included in this repository represent a pandemic severity indicator for the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany based on a composite indicator for the years 2020 and 2021. The pandemic severity index consists of three indicators: the incidence of patients tested positive for COVID-19, the incidence of patients with COVID-19 in intensive care, and the incidence of registered deaths due to COVID-19. The datasets have been developed within the CODIFF project (Socio-Spatial Diffusion of COVID-19 in Germany) at Leibniz Insitute for Research on Society and Space. The project received funding by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, project number 492338717). The datasets have been used in the following publications, in which further methodological details on the indicator can be found:

• Stabler, M., & Kuebart, A. (2023). Tempo-spatial dynamics of COVID-19 in Germany: A phase model based on a pandemic severity indicator. medRxiv, 2023-02.
• Kuebart, A., & Stabler, M. (2023). Waves in time, but not in space – An analysis of pandemic severity of COVID-19 in Germany. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 2023.

This repository consists of two files:

pandemic_severity_germany

This table contains the composite indicator for daily pandemic severity for Germany on the national scale as well as the three sub-indicators for each day between 2020-03-01 and 2021-12-31. The sub-indicators were sourced from the Robert Koch Institute, the German government agency responsible for disease control and prevention.

pandemic_severity_counties

This table contains the composite indicator for daily pandemic severity for Germany on the level of the 400 individual counties, as well as the three sub-indicators for each day between 2020-03-01 and 2021-12-31. The sub-indicators were sourced from the Robert Koch Institute, the German government agency responsible for disease control and prevention. The counties can be identified by name (kreis) or by county identification number (ags5)

Germany COVID-2019: Number of Deaths: To Date: CC: Hamburg data was reported at 3,706.000 Person in 21 Apr 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,705.000 Person for 20 Apr 2023. Germany COVID-2019: Number of Deaths: To Date: CC: Hamburg data is updated daily, averaging 1,589.000 Person from Mar 2020 (Median) to 21 Apr 2023, with 933 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,706.000 Person in 21 Apr 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 26 Mar 2020. Germany COVID-2019: Number of Deaths: To Date: CC: Hamburg data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Robert Koch Institute. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table DE.D001: Robert Koch Institute: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued).

The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, dubbed COVID-19, is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting millions of people globally. The contagious Coronavirus, which broke out at the close of 2019, has led to a medical emergency across the world, with the World Health Organization officially declaring the novel Coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Read More

New Covid cases per month in Germany, March, 2023 The most recent value is 194998 new Covid cases as of March 2023, a decline compared to the previous value of 390303 new Covid cases. Historically, the average for Germany from February 2020 to March 2023 is 1009276 new Covid cases. The minimum of 106 new Covid cases was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 6459775 new Covid cases was reached in March 2022. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

COVID-19 data for Germany from 2020-03-02 to 2023-01-26, including tot_cases, tot_deaths

Identifying changes in the reproduction number, rate of spread, and doubling time during the course of the COVID-19 outbreak whilst accounting for potential biases due to delays in case reporting both nationally and subnationally in Germany. These results are impacted by changes in testing effort, increases and decreases in testing effort will increase and decrease reproduction number estimates respectively.

Young Germany during COVID-19 is a youth study, which focuses on young people aged 16 to 26 years living in Germany. The study has been conducted in September 2020 and is part of a larger series called Young Europe – The Youth Study of TUI Foundation which aims to shed light on the lifeworld, identity, and attitudes of young Europeans. In the September 2020 wave, 1.011 young adults (age 16-26) participated via an online survey provided by the opinion research institute YouGov. Further, an additional sample of 2.025 older adults has answered specific questions to create comparability. The survey’s main focus is the situation of young adults in Germany during the Coronavirus pandemic, especially their compliance with the restrictions and measurements taken by the government and the youth’s individual motivations to comply. The survey asks which measurements are particularly difficult and where do young people see the potential for societal conflict. These specific questions regarding the pandemic have then been supplemented by questions regarding the political representation of the youth, opinions on European integration and EU issues, as well as on the EU’s joint debt borrowing (Next Generation EU).

Total Covid deaths per million in Germany, March, 2023 The most recent value is 2052 total Covid deaths as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 2035 total Covid deaths. Historically, the average for Germany from February 2020 to March 2023 is 1112 total Covid deaths. The minimum of 0 total Covid deaths was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 2052 total Covid deaths was reached in March 2023. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Feature service with the current Covid-19 infections per 100,000 inhabitants on the German federal states. The service is updated daily with the current case numbers of the Robert Koch Institute.

Data source: Robert Koch Institute Terms of Use: Robert Koch Institute; German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy Source note: Robert Koch-Institute (RKI), dl-en/by-2-0 Disclaimer: "The content made available on the Internet pages of the Robert Koch-Institute is intended solely for the general information of the public, primarily the specialist public". Data protection declaration: "The use of the RKI website is generally possible without disclosing personal data".

Records of reported Counts of COVID-19 case counts in Germany from 2019-2021. Download is a zipped CSV file with readme.

In 2023, the coronavirus (COVID-19) is still present in Germany, affecting all of its federal states. Case numbers vary across age groups and genders. Based on current figures, among men, the most affected age group was 35-59 years. The same was true for women. These figures confirm that the virus can also affect younger age groups.