Japanese Prime Minister Suga at the New Year’s Conference on “Review of Declaration of an Emergency in the Metropolitan Area▶ Click here to enlarge
The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Japan increased to 6,000 for the first time on the 6th.
According to the local public broadcaster NHK’s statistics, by 8:40 pm on the same day, there were 6,1 newly confirmed corona19 infections across Japan.
Following the previous day (4,915), it changed the record for the most confirmed cases for two days in a row.
The cumulative confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Japan increased to 26,150.
The number of Corona 19 deaths increased by 65 on this day to 3,834.
The number of severely ill patients receiving treatment in intensive care units, etc., increased by 13 to 784, the largest number since the Corona 19 incident.
When looking at the number of new confirmed cases by region, 1,591 in Tokyo, 591 in Kanagawa, 394 in Saitama, 311 in Chiba, etc. (縣) accounted for about half of Japan.
The Japanese government is planning to issue an emergency with the aim of refraining from going out on the 7th and shortening restaurant business hours, targeting the 1st and 3rd prefectures in the metropolitan area where Corona 19 is rapidly spreading.
The Japanese government issued a corona19 emergency in April to May last year, targeting the whole country or some regions.
The time when the declaration of emergency will take effect is expected to be on the night of the 7th or at 00:00 on the 8th as announced in the official gazette. The issuance period was delivered in one month.
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