China News Service, August 18. According to Kyodo News, the statistics of the new crown epidemic of the World Health Organization (WHO) show that during the week from August 8 to 14 local time, there were more than 1.39 million new confirmed cases of new crown in Japan. Ranked first in the world for four consecutive weeks.
South Korea and the United States followed with 860,000 and 670,000 respectively.
Data map: Under the new crown epidemic, local Japanese people wear masks and walk through the streets of Tokyo.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Lv Shaowei
According to the report, although the data this time has decreased by 7% compared with the last time, the severity of the epidemic is still very prominent.
According to the statistics of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), as of 23:59 local time on the 17th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in Japan exceeded 16.2 million, and the cumulative number of deaths from the new crown exceeded 30,000.