The seven-day incidence in Germany has fallen somewhat.
The Robert Koch Institute stated the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Wednesday morning as 77.9.
For comparison: the previous day the value was 81.1, a week ago it was 82.7.
The health authorities in Germany reported 12,455 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.
This is evident from the numbers that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard at 4:38 a.m.
A week ago, the value was 13,565 infections.
According to the new information, 83 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.
A week ago there were 35 deaths.
The RKI has counted 4,101,931 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 number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Tuesday as 1.86, on Friday it was 1.79.
A weekly or monthly comparison is not possible due to the high number of late registrations.
A nationwide threshold value from when the situation can be viewed critically is not provided for the incidence of hospitalization, among other things because of large regional differences.
The previous high was around 15.5 around Christmas time.
The RKI stated the number of those who had recovered at 3,852,900.
The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 92,769.
Expert warns of a possible new rise
Despite a stable infection situation in Germany for several days, an expert warns against jumping to conclusions.
The Saarbrücken expert for corona prognoses, Thorsten Lehr, does not consider the stagnation of new infections at the end of the fourth wave and a sudden increase in the corona numbers to be possible.
"We were able to observe this behavior of the incidence curve almost to the day last year," said Lehr of the German Press Agency.
A year ago, too, the incidence fell slightly and remained at a constant, slightly lower level than it is now, before it rose sharply again at the end of September.
"Given the current vaccination situation and the relaxed contact restrictions, a similar increase can be expected at the end of September and again at the beginning of October," warned Lehr.
Lehr justified the stagnation in the number of infections with the declining number of travelers returning and the infections they brought in.
In addition, the number of infections among schoolchildren rose explosively in many federal states after the summer holidays.
Due to the continuous testing and quarantine measures with contact persons, in many places one to two weeks after starting school there is stagnation or even a decrease in the numbers in this age group.
New regulations have come into force
Several new regulations came into force on Wednesday for the fight against the corona pandemic in autumn and winter.
Among other things, this involves evaluation criteria for the pandemic situation and information on the vaccination status of employees.
They were announced in the Federal Law Gazette on Tuesday.
The main yardstick for assessing the situation should therefore be the number of corona patients in the clinics.
This is intended to replace the previous focus on the number of infections, which is no longer considered as meaningful in view of the vaccinations.
However, “other indicators” should also be taken into account.
The countries should then be able to determine where the critical thresholds lie, from which further everyday restrictions apply.
In addition, employees in daycare centers, schools and nursing homes should be able to be asked by the employer whether they are vaccinated during the time of the crisis.