Germany has registered a record rate of new COVID infections over the past week, according to figures released Monday.
The number of new cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days hit 303, the latest data from the Robert Koch Institute of infectious diseases (RKI) showed.
It is the first time the rate has surpassed 300 since the pandemic began and comes just one week since an unprecedented jump to over 200.
Only 67.5% of Germany's population is fully vaccinated. The highly contagious delta variant has run rampant through the unvaccinated population as the temperature drops and people stay indoors.
