China News Service, February 15th, according to a comprehensive report, the new crown epidemic in Japan and South Korea continues to spread.

On the 15th, South Korea recorded more than 70,000 new confirmed cases of the new crown in a single day for the first time, a new high since the outbreak of the epidemic.

On the same day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in Japan exceeded 4 million, and 236 new deaths from the new crown were added in a single day in Japan, also breaking a record.

Data map: In Seoul, South Korea, medical staff test citizens for the new crown virus.

  Korean media said that since the 10th, the number of new cases in South Korea has remained below 60,000 in a single day, but due to the increase in testing, the number of new cases has also skyrocketed.

  On the other hand, according to Japanese media reports, the number of confirmed new crown cases in Japan has surged by 1 million in the past 12 days. On the 15th, the cumulative number of confirmed new crown cases in the country exceeded 4 million, and the number of newly diagnosed new crown cases in a single day has exceeded 80,000.

Data map: Japanese people wear masks and walk on the streets.

  In addition, in Japan's sixth wave of the epidemic, about 90% of the new crown deaths were people over 70 years old.