China News Service, December 21. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, as of 12:40 local time on the 21st, Japan had 41 new confirmed cases of new crown that day.
Counting the 712 cases of the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship that had previously been collectively infected, so far, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the Japanese new crown has exceeded 200,000.
Data map: Japan under the epidemic.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Lu Shaowei
According to reports, by region, Tokyo has the largest number of confirmed cases. Currently, it has exceeded 51,000, accounting for about a quarter of the country’s confirmed cases; Osaka Prefecture ranks second with over 27,000 cases; Kanagawa Prefecture has the highest number of confirmed cases. Three, more than 16,000 cases; in addition, Aichi, Hokkaido, and Saitama prefectures also have more than 10,000 cases.
The domestic epidemic in Japan began to worsen in late March. On October 29, the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 100,000.
Since November, the epidemic situation in Japan has further deteriorated, with the number of confirmed cases exceeding the second "100,000" in only 53 days.
Previously, the Japanese government has suspended the travel subsidy program "Go To Travel" nationwide, and called on the public to strictly abide by the epidemic prevention measures during the New Year holidays to further deteriorate the immunity.