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Berlin (dpa / bb) - The cases of new corona infections in Berlin are continuing to decline.
On Wednesday, the number per 100,000 inhabitants within a week, so the so-called 7-day incidence - was 101.2 cases, according to the health administration's report.
On Tuesday this value was still 106.8.
The target is less than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in 7 days.
As with new infections, the Senate's corona traffic light is still red when the intensive care beds are occupied by Covid 19 patients. Here, the rate of 30.3 percent is just below the value of the previous day (30.5).
The traffic light is still green for the reproduction number (R value).
The R value was 0.74 on Wednesday - after 0.91 the day before.
It describes how many people an infected person infects on average.
According to experts, in order to slow the pandemic, this value must be significantly less than 1.
According to the health administration, 890 corona infections were reported on Wednesday.
The number of infections in Berlin since the beginning of the pandemic is 118,447 cases, 103,847 people are considered recovered.
The number of deaths related to the virus rose to 2,164 - 63 more than the previous day.
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Management report of the Senate