China News Service, February 17. According to a report by Japan's Jiji News Agency on the 17th, the situation of the new crown epidemic in Japan is severe, and the number of deaths from the new crown has surged.
From February 1 to 16, 2,175 people in Japan have died from the new crown, which is about 54 times the same period in January (40).
Data map: A store in Tokyo, Japan reminds customers to take epidemic prevention measures such as wearing masks and sterilization in the form of comics at the entrance.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Lv Shaowei
Since the 15th, the number of deaths in a single day in Japan has exceeded 200 for two consecutive days.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has previously pointed out that the elderly account for the largest proportion of deaths.
According to the statistics of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), on the 16th, the number of new confirmed cases of the new crown in Japan exceeded 90,000, the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 4.16 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 20,000.
According to the report, Takashi Wakita, director of Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, said that the number of dead may remain at a high level at present, and the epidemic situation is unpredictable.