For the first time in around eleven months, the corona incidence fell below 5.
The Robert Koch Institute gave the nationwide value on Saturday morning as 4.9 (previous day 5.0; previous week 5.9).
Berlin - For the first time in around eleven months, the corona incidence fell below 5.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the nationwide value on Saturday morning as 4.9 (previous day 5.0; previous week 5.9).
Most recently, on July 30, 2020, the value was 4.8 below the 5 threshold.
The health authorities in Germany also reported 671 new corona infections within one day, as can be seen from the numbers from the morning, which reflect the status of the RKI dashboard from 5:01 a.m.
For comparison: a week ago 592 infections were registered.
According to this information, 16 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 68 dead.
The RKI has counted 3,730,353 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not detected.
The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at around 3,627,800.
The number of people who died with or with the involvement of a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 91 023. dpa