The nationwide seven-day incidence of new corona infections has risen again.

As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Saturday morning, citing data from the health authorities, the value increased to 362.2 and thus reached a new high for the 13th day in a row.

On Friday the incidence was 340.7, on Saturday last week it was 277.4.

The seven-day incidence indicates the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.

On November 8, the value had exceeded the threshold of 200 for the first time, which had been the highest level since the beginning of the pandemic.

Since then, new highs have been recorded every day.

As the RKI announced on Saturday, 63,924 new infections were registered nationwide within 24 hours.

The death toll from the pandemic in Germany rose by 248 to 98,987 cases.

Hospitals at the stop

The federal and state governments have also set the hospitalization incidence as a new important benchmark for the corona measures.

This value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants are in hospital within seven days because of a corona infection.

According to the RKI, the nationwide hospitalization incidence on Friday was 5.34, on Thursday it was given as 5.3.

The current day's hospitalization incidence is usually only published in the morning.

The total number of registered cases of infection in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic is now 5,312,215.

The RKI gives the number of people recovered from Covid-19 at around 4,610,300.

There are still large regional differences in the infection rate.

In sixteen counties, the seven-day incidence is over 1,000.

In contrast, the incidence is below 100 in fourteen counties.

A fifth wave?

RKI President Lothar Wiehler warned of a fifth wave on Friday.

If it is not possible to reduce the number of contacts and vaccinate significantly more people, this will happen according to the current model calculations.

To contain the corona pandemic, the Bundestag and Bundesrat have just passed a new infection protection law.

The amendment stipulates that people at work and on public transport must be vaccinated against Corona, recover from Covid-19 or test negative for the virus (3G rule).

In addition, the federal states can retain measures such as mask requirements and contact restrictions.

Bavaria and Saxony have decided to cancel their Christmas markets due to the high number of cases.