German coronavirus cases now above 1 million

BERLIN (AP) — Germany hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, ticking above 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Robert Koch Institute, the country’s disease control center, said that Germany’s 16 states reported 22,806 cases overnight for a total since the start of the outbreak of 1,006,394. Despite the high number of infections, Germany has seen fewer deaths than many other European countries, with 15,586 —…