More than 30,000 daily infections in Germany and war-like conditions in hospitals The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are becoming more dramatic every day in Germany. After a new record death toll of 952 was reported on Wednesday, the number of those infected also reached a new all-time high on Thursday, exceeding the 30,000 mark for the first time. Across Germany, the positive test rate is currently around 12 percent—more than double the value that epidemiologists cite as the threshold beyond which the infection incidence runs out of control. Refrigerated container for coronavirus dead at the main cemetery in Hanau (AP Photo/Michael Probst)]