Original title: Japan’s cumulative confirmed cases exceed 1 million, the spread of the new crown epidemic has accelerated
China News Service, August 7 According to Japanese media reports, on the 6th local time, 15,645 new confirmed cases of new crowns across Japan became the highest number of new confirmed cases in a single day in the country. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 1 million. Since July 29, the number of new confirmed cases in a single day across the country has exceeded 10,000 almost every day, and the spread of infection has risen sharply.
Kyodo News Agency of Japan stated that since Japan notified its first new crown case in January 2020, about one year and seven months have passed. In early April 2021, the cumulative number of infections reached 500,000, and has almost doubled in the following four months. It began to increase significantly in late July, and about 100,000 people increased in the nine days after July 29, showing an explosive expansion.
The background of the acceleration of the epidemic is that the more infectious Alpha and Delta strains have become the main spreading viruses.
On August 6, the epidemic was still expanding everywhere, with 15,645 newly infected people, a record high for 3 consecutive days. From a regional perspective, 12 prefectures, including Kanagawa, Osaka, and Chiba, set a new high, and Tokyo has the second highest number of 4,515 people.
Not only in the metropolitan area, but also in Kansai, Okinawa and other places, the epidemic situation is rapidly worsening. According to analysis, the number of people returning home and traveling during summer vacations has increased, and the atmosphere of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics celebrations has made it difficult to accept appeals such as avoiding going out.
The head of the government’s COVID-19 response team, Shigeru Omi, said that while advancing vaccination, if measures such as expanded testing and improved medical care are not implemented in the short term, “it will even be necessary to discuss the legalization of the closure of the city”.
Statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that the cumulative number of infected people worldwide exceeds 200 million. Countries with the highest number of infections are approximately 35 million in the United States, approximately 31 million in India, and approximately 20 million in Brazil.
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