China News Service, July 16 According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, as of 10:30 pm local time on the 16th local time, Japan added 622 newly diagnosed cases of the new crown that day, and the cumulative number of diagnoses has increased to 23,657.
Due to the spread of the epidemic in major cities such as Tokyo, the Japanese government is discussing countermeasures to curb aggregated infections.
According to reports, Japan last time added more than 600 cases in a single day, or on April 10. In addition, the newly confirmed cases on the 16th came from 30 prefectures throughout Japan, of which Tokyo had the most, reaching 286 cases. It has once again set a new high for newly diagnosed cases in a single day since the outbreak of the local new crown epidemic.
According to the Japan Current Affairs News Agency, currently, 137 of the infected people in Tokyo have not yet been identified, and at the same time, there are more cases of secondary infections in the family through nurseries and nursing homes.
In addition, an 80-year-old male taxi driver in Okinawa Prefecture was also diagnosed as a confirmed case of New Crown on the same day. Okinawa Prefecture Governor Yucheng Danny said that the driver was "delivering personnel from the US military base every day", pointing out that it may be Infected by personnel of the US military stationed in Japan. At present, the number of new crowns diagnosed in the U.S. military base in Okinawa has increased to 138.