The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports 214,985 new infections within 24 hours.

That's 53,492 fewer cases than on Wednesday a week ago, when 268,477 positive tests were reported.

Overall, the number of confirmed infections in Germany is more than 22 million.

The nationwide seven-day incidence continues to fall to 1322.2 from 1394.0 the previous day.

340 other people died in connection with the virus.

This increases the number of reported deaths to 130,708.

Union rejects compromise proposal in mandatory vaccination debate

In the debate about compulsory corona vaccination, a compromise proposal from the Union hits granite.

Leading politicians of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group strictly reject the proposal for compulsory vaccination from the age of 60.

"If the latest compromise between 18 and 50 is suddenly supposed to be 60, something can't be right," Sorge said on n-tv.

The two groups would lose their credibility and supporters.

The parliamentary manager of the Union faction, Thorsten Frei, told the "Bild" newspaper: "Shortly before the gates close, there are always new proposals from the ranks of the traffic lights.

That's not serious." The union proposal is the real compromise.

The CDU and CSU propose a preventive vaccination law.

A vaccination register is to be set up and a "graded vaccination mechanism" introduced, which can be activated by the Bundestag and Bundesrat depending on the pandemic situation.

Health Minister Lauterbach is confident that the compromise proposal will find a majority in the Bundestag.

"It is very likely that we will get through this," said the SPD politician on the ZDF program "Markus Lanz".

90 percent of corona deaths are in people over 60 years old.

If there is no majority, it would be a "severe defeat", but no reason for him to resign, said Lauterbach.

SPD leader Klingbeil also defended the new initiative.

"This compulsory vaccination from 60 will help us to get through the fall in freedom," said Klingbeil on "RTL Direkt".

He called on the Union: "And that's why I once again appeal to reason and the responsibility of the Union, not to be stubborn, but to say: We're going along this path."

The FDP health expert Andrew Ullmann, previously co-initiator of the application for compulsory vaccination from the age of 50, can “live very well” with the compromise.

However, the result did not convince all supporters of his group, Ullmann told the "Handelsblatt".

He expressed the hope "that we achieved such a high vaccination rate in the summer that vaccination is no longer necessary and that it will be suspended again in the Bundestag, as the compromise allows."