China News Service, August 11, reported that as of 18:30 on August 11, local time, 15,813 new confirmed cases of new crown were added across Japan, breaking the national record for the highest number of new confirmed cases in a single day.
Data map: Japanese people walking on the streets of Tokyo.
Tokyo added 4,200 new coronary cases on the 11th, and the number of severely ill patients increased by 21 from the previous day to 197, a record high for two consecutive days.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said that "this is a life-threatening issue, and various measures must be taken" on the record of a record high in severely ill patients, and said that he is considering advancing the new crown vaccination.
When Tokyo entered the emergency declaration period on July 12, although the flow of people in the downtown area has decreased slightly, the highly contagious delta strain spread rapidly, and the number of infections continued to increase.
Osaka Prefecture added 1,490 confirmed cases on the 11th, a record high in a single day since the outbreak. The cumulative number of cases so far is 125,640, including 2,735 deaths.