While the Omicron wave of coronavirus infections has apparently reached its peak in Germany, top health officials on Friday warned that a step-by-step lifting of coronavirus restrictions would have to be undertaken cautiously. Data from case numbers and PCR tests indicate that the peak of the Omicron wave had passed, said Lars Schaade, the vice president of the RKI disease control institute, in Berlin on Friday. “However, the peak has not yet been reached for the intensive care units,” he said. Daily deaths of people with a coronavirus infection have not started going down, he pointed out. On …