In Saarland, 48 further infections with the coronavirus were reported within 24 hours.
The seven-day incidence rose to 48.8 on Tuesday.
On Monday, the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within a week was 45.9, as can be seen from the data from the Berlin Robert Koch Institute (as of 3.10 a.m.).
Saarbrücken - In addition, two other deaths have been reported.
A total of 1057 people have died of or with the virus in Saarland since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 23 adult patients with Covid 19 disease were most recently in the intensive care units of the Saarland hospitals, 5 were invasively ventilated (as of Tuesday: 07.15 a.m.).
dpa