The number of new corona19 confirmed cases in Japan per day has risen to 4,000.
So far, the highest number per day was 3,88 people on the 26th, and the record was broken in 5 days.
According to NHK, on the 31st, the total number of new confirmed cases in Japan was 4,515.
It is the first time that the number of confirmed cases in Japan exceeded 4,000 per day since the first confirmed cases were announced on January 16 this year.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases across Japan was 236,000, and the number of deaths increased by 36 on this day to 3,492.
In Tokyo, the capital city with the largest number of infections among 47 metropolitan prefectures nationwide, the number of new confirmed cases per day exceeded the 1,000 mark for the first time.
The first confirmed mutant virus influx in the UK also followed.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on the same day that six people who had stayed in the UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were additionally confirmed to have been infected with the mutation at the airport entry stage.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held a countermeasure meeting today inviting ministers to the official residence, but did not mention the possibility of re-declaring the emergency.
When asked if he intends to declare an emergency, Prime Minister Suga responded by saying, “I will do my best to secure the current medical system and prevent the spread of infection. This is important.” Replaced.
The Japanese government declared an emergency to respond to Corona 19 in seven metropolitan areas such as Tokyo and Osaka on April 7, during the days of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and then expanded it nationwide and lifted all on May 25. .
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