In Saarland, 90 new corona cases were reported within one day.
The incidence, i.e. the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days, rose from 61.0 to 62.2, according to data from the Berlin Robert Koch Institute on Sunday (as of 3:10 a.m.).
On Sunday a week ago (October 10th) the value was 45.1.
Saarbrücken - No further death was reported in connection with the virus.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,060 people have died from or with the pathogen.
A total of 48,665 corona infections have been confirmed so far.
According to the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine, there were 22 adult patients with Covid 19 disease in the intensive care units of the Saarland hospitals, 4 were ventilated (as of 9.15 a.m.).
dpa