Germany has reported 80,430 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the highest recorded in a single day since the pandemic began, as the contagious Omicron variant rips through a population with lower vaccination rates than some other parts of Europe.
Reuters reports the previous daily record, on November 26, was more than 76,000.
Germany's tally of infections now stands at 7,661,811. The death toll has also risen by 384 to reach 114,735.
