The daily count is still keeping up but RKI estimates the virus reproduction rate to have fallen a little bit as of yesterday
The new virus cases continue to sit above 500 for a seventh straight day but RKI reaffirms that these are still mostly related to isolated incidents rather than a mass outbreak of sorts.
Notably, the German state of North Rhine Westphalia reimposed lockdown measures again yesterday for Gütersloh and Warendorf in light of localised outbreaks.
But as long as it doesn't lead to more major restrictions across major cities and anything state-wide, the market is likely to take things with a sense of calm for now.
RKI estimates the 4-day average virus reproduction rate to be at 2.02 as of yesterday, slightly lower than that seen two days back. The 7-day average is estimated at 1.67.
They continue to add this caveat into their daily reports in explaining the context:
Estimates of the reproduction numbers (R-value and 7-day R-value) were around the value of 2 during the last few days. This is mainly related to local outbreaks which are described above, the outbreak in North Rhine-Westphalia playing a particularly important role in this context . Since case numbers in Germany are generally low, these local outbreaks have a relatively strong influence on the value of the reproduction number. Close monitoring of further developments needs to be continued during the upcoming days, especially in regard to whether case numbers are increasing outside of outbreak contexts.