BERLIN – Two German states moved closer to a “hard lockdown” Tuesday as officials warned that continued high coronavirus infections could overwhelm hospitals and that too many people were ignoring existing pandemic restrictions.The governor of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, announced that schools and most stores will close from Monday until Jan.
10, as the eastern state recorded the Germany's worst infection rates.Figures published by Germany’s disease control center showed the number of newly confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants reaching almost 320 in a week in Saxony — more than twice the national average of about 147.In the neighboring state of Bavaria to the south, governor Markus Soeder urged regional lawmakers to back his government's.