In Germany, another 9997 new coronavirus infections have been identified in the past 24 hours, reports the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German counterpart of the RIVM.
This means a decrease of almost 2000 cases compared to Thursday.
With the figure from Friday, after two days of increase, there is again a decrease in the number of new corona cases in Germany.
Since the start of the corona pandemic, the lung virus has been diagnosed there in 2,424,684 people.
In the past 24 hours, at least 394 people died in Germany from the effects of Covid-19, slightly more than the number reported on Thursday.
The coronavirus has already killed at least 70,000 people in Germany.