On the 18th, the Shinjuku train terminal in Tokyo, Japan. EPA=Yonhap News
5295 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Japan have been added. The death toll was 103, the highest on a daily basis.
According to local public broadcaster NHK, as of 7:30 pm on the 19th, the number of new corona19 confirmed in Japan was 5295, including 1,240 in Tokyo. The cumulative confirmed cases exceeded 340,000.
On this day, 103 deaths related to Corona 19 were identified. This is the first time that the death toll has exceeded 100. The highest number of deaths so far was 97 on the 13th. The cumulative death toll was 4699.
Okinawa Prefecture, which was excluded from the application of the Japanese government’s emergency situation, declared a local government-level emergency on that day with a deadline until the 7th of the following month.
Earlier, on the 8th, the Japanese government entered into force an emergency that is effective until the 7th of next month in four areas in the metropolitan area, including Tokyo, where the number of corona19 confirmed explosively increases. On the 14th, an additional emergency was issued to seven regional governments including Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu, Tochigi, and Fukuoka.
Local governments applying emergency situations demand the implementation of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, such as refraining from going out, shortening business hours, limiting events, and expanding work from home, etc. Receive.
The spread of Corona 19 in Japan remains unabated, with a case of suspicion of commercial infection of a mutant virus from the UK in Shizuoka Prefecture on the 18th, and the number of deaths exceeding 100 on this day, despite the expansion of the emergency.
Reporter Jeong Hye-jeong [email protected]