Soaring rates of new coronavirus infections are once again pushing medical services to the brink in Germany, as the seven-day incidence rate surpassed 300 for the first time since the pandemic began.
The number of new cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days hit 303, according to the latest data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
The number of deaths increased by 43, bringing Germany's total in the pandemic so far to 97,720.
Intensive care units all over the country are struggling with the number of COVID-19 patients.
In Munich, one of the city's largest hospitals says it currently has nine patients in intensive care, all of whom are unvaccinated.
While the infection rate isn't yet as high as in some other European countries, its
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