Bad submission from the Robert Koch Institute for the Chancellor’s Corona meeting with the Prime Minister: Anyone who wanted to get the current Corona numbers from the RKI database on NPGEO (National Platform for Geographic Data) received an offer by Tuesday morning 8: 45 Clock under the data status 28. 10. 2020 00: 00 Clock only delivered the outdated numbers from Monday. Many downloads automated by cronjob are therefore unsuitable.

Again and again problems In the meantime you can find the updated numbers (with 14. 964 New infections for Germany) in the database, in the dashboard and in the RKI overview “COVID – 19: number of cases in Germany and worldwide. ”

Time and again, the RKI, the health authorities and state authorities and the data transfers experience breakdowns in data transmission, for example last Friday due to the temporary failure of an RKI web server after a DDoS attack Data not transmitted.

Anyone who downloads the data from the NPGEO must always check that it is complete. It is not uncommon for only part of the data to be delivered without an error message. The website has been saying for a long time: ” The download options on this page are currently being revised. This may lead to discrepancies in the data records. Please use the .csv to download if necessary this alternative link: Download the data as CSV .csv) ”

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