The seven-day incidence of the coronavirus in Germany fell for the fifth day in a row.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Saturday morning as 72.0.

For comparison: the previous day the value was 74.4, a week ago it was 82.8.

The health authorities in Germany reported 8901 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.

A week ago, the value was 11,214 infections.

According to the new information, 63 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 45 deaths.

The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with the Sars-CoV-2 virus rose to 92,920.

The RKI has counted 4,134,779 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 3,882,700.

The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Friday at 1.89 (Wednesday: 1.87).

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.

Vaccination breakthroughs at 2G party

After a corona outbreak in Münster at a 2G party with over 80 infected people, experts nevertheless emphasize the importance of vaccinations.

Under the extreme conditions of a club with hundreds of visitors, crowds and close conversations, infections cannot be completely ruled out even for those who have been vaccinated and those who have recovered, said Bernd Salzberger, chairman of the German Society for Infectious Diseases, of the German Press Agency.

In these cases, however, the vaccination obviously protects: the people affected in Münster have no severe courses.

Around 380 women and men took part in the party on September 3 in Münster.

Only those vaccinated against Corona or convalescents had access twice (2G).

After the party, the city had reported numerous new infections.

According to the latest information, it was more than every fifth party participant.

Parish with incidence over 1000

In Augustdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia, the seven-day incidence recently rose arithmetically over 1000. The Lippe district and the 10,000-inhabitant community announced measures to prevent a further increase in the number of infections. Infected and contact persons should be informed more extensively which steps are required, the circle announced on Friday. Multilingual flyers are also to be distributed that provide information on the subject of vaccinations and what to do in quarantine. In addition, focus tests would also be considered.

There is a diffuse infection process in Augustdorf, especially in family groups, explained a spokesman for the circle.

The health department assess the infection situation in more detail.

According to the current status of the ordinances, the Lippe district has no legal means of ordering extended protective measures, as was possible months ago through general decrees, according to a press release from the district.

Several media had reported on the high incidence in Augustdorf.

When considering infections and the number of inhabitants, the result is a value over 1000. The RKI shows the incidence for the entire district.