Kyodo News: Japan yesterday's new crown virus infection confirmed the number of diagnosis of nearly 250,000 consecutive days over 200,000

China Well -off. August 4th. Laoma Japan ’s domestic diagnosis of 249,830 people infected with new crown virus on the 3rd (Wednesday), which created a new high number of new infections in a single day.More than 200,000 people for two consecutive days, an increase of about 40,000 people from last Wednesday. Previously, more than 230,000 people on July 28 were.

Pedestrians at the intersection of Shibuya, Tokyo

According to the Kyodo News Agency, the number of new infections is specifically. To Tokyo is 38,940, Osaka is 24,038, and Aichi is 17,778.Two Daofu and counties such as Hygers and Aichi are innovative.The number of deaths was 26 people in Osaka, 12 people in Tokyo and Kanagawa, and 10 people in Aichi, totaling 169.

The Ministry of Health and Labor said that the number of severe illnesses was 478, an increase of 14 from yesterday.

In the "seventh wave" new crown epidemic in Japan, in addition to the increase in the number of new infections, the "test -positive rate" that reflects the proportion of positive detection in the detection number has also risen rapidly. For example, Tokyo has exceeded 50%for the first time.This may be due to the tension of the detection system, which has reduced the scope of detection, mainly for people with high possibility of infection.

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