The seven-day incidence continues to rise.

According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Monday morning, it was 23.1 - the previous day the value was 22.6, a week ago it was 17.8.

The health authorities in Germany reported 1183 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.

This is evident from the figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:08 a.m.

A week ago, the value for Germany was 847 infections.

The incidence has so far been the basis for many corona restrictions in the pandemic, for example as part of the federal emergency brake that expired at the end of June.

In the future, other values ​​such as hospital admissions are to be taken more into account.

91,784 corona deaths in Germany

According to the new information, two deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

It had been a death a week ago.

The RKI has counted 3,791,949 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 3,667,400.

The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 91,784.

Weil and Kretschmann: Tests are no longer free

The Prime Ministers of Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemberg, Stephan Weil (SPD) and Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), have spoken out in favor of no longer offering corona tests free of charge in the future.

“I think it is expressly right that unvaccinated people will have to pay for their tests themselves from autumn onwards.

Until then, everyone had the opportunity to get vaccinated free of charge, ”Weil told the newspaper Tagesspiegel.

Kretschmann told the Stuttgarter Zeitung: “In the long run, the public sector will not be able to finance the tests.

That is also a question of fair burden sharing, because there is a free vaccination offer for everyone. "

FDP calls for better education

FDP parliamentary group deputy Stephan Thomae has called on the federal government to dispel fears of a corona vaccination with an "unexcited awareness campaign". This would be better than reinforcing reservations with "threats of direct or indirect compulsory vaccination," Thomae told the German Press Agency in Berlin before the federal and state conference on Tuesday.

At the upcoming virus summit, the chairman of the Bundestag's health committee, Erwin Rüddel (CDU), wants to take a new direction in the government's corona policy. “The question arises as to whether our society cannot also withstand providing adequate care for those who deliberately do not allow themselves to be vaccinated and then become seriously ill, instead of frightening and damaging the entire country and the economy with the sword of Damocles of lockdown “, Says Rüddel of the Bild newspaper.

The signal from the Prime Minister's Conference must come that there will be "no more automatic lockdowns - not even just for those who have not been vaccinated." It must be ensured that the incidence is no longer used as a guideline for the corona situation. In view of the vaccination rate, the incidence no longer says anything about the actual burden on the health system.