Berlin | Germany's coronavirus infection rate rose for a third day, lifted by local outbreaks including in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia, where more than 1300 people working at a slaughterhouse tested positive.
The reproduction factor of the virus climbed to 2.88 on Sunday, from 1.79 the day before, according to the latest estimate by the country's health body, the Robert Koch Institute. The estimate means that out of 100 people who get infected, a further 288 people are likely to contract the virus.
