China News Service, January 20. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), at 3 pm local time on the 20th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that there were 1,274 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the area, and the cumulative number of severely ill patients has increased To 160 people, a new high.
Data map: Tokyo, Japan under the epidemic.
According to reports, new patients are mainly young people in their 20s and 30s.
The report pointed out that this is already more than 1,000 newly diagnosed cases in a single day in Tokyo for 8 consecutive days.
At present, the total number of confirmed cases in Tokyo has reached 89,188.
In addition, on the 20th, Tokyo also added 5 new severely ill patients, which also brought the number of severely ill patients in the local area to 160, the highest since the outbreak.
In view of the continuing deterioration of the epidemic, Japan’s metropolitan area, including Tokyo, entered a state of emergency on January 8 and will continue until February 7.