Japan on Wednesday reported 55,537 new coronavirus cases, down 1,727 from Tuesday. Tokyo reported 4,012 new cases, down 850 from Tuesday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo was 34, up two from Tuesday, health officials said. The nationwide figure was 496, down 12 from Tuesday.
The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported nationwide was 308.
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11 Comments
RKL
Numbers still excessively high.
Elvis is here
No they aren't. Just look at China!!!
RKL
Elvis is hereToday 04:55 pm JST
No they aren't. Just look at China!!!
Japan has a much higher infection rate, while China's economy is growing stronger than Japan's.
Steven Mccarthy
The internet scientists declared the 8th wave over .!. This must be the start of the 9th wave .!. Mask up to prevent yourself from infecting others .!. If you’re still for some reason not vaccinated or boosted…. Get your jabs … mRNA of course started asap .!. Do not endanger the lives of those around you…. Particularly your own family .!. They should not be more afraid of you than Covid.!. Follow the 3 C’s people .!. Nearly half a million people still hospitalized from the 8th wave .!.
Elvis is here
Considering China's data is proven to be unreliable, I find that hard to believe.
And what's "economy" got to do with " Numbers still excessively high"?
You are obviously trolling, but carry on with the misinformation.
Roy Sophveason
It's decidedly not, there is no "start" of another wave now. Again and again, day-on-day comparisons are useless to see a trend and to determine whether numbers are going up or down. And they are still going down, constantly and at a steady pace.
With daily fluctuations smoothed out over a 7-day rolling average, today marked the first day in a long while where infection cases were less than 50,000, a level we didn't see since last November before the current wave picked up.
It is anyone's guess at which baseline of cases and deaths we will inevitably end up, but for now the numbers are going down at the same rate as they have since the peak two to three weeks ago.
Roy Sophveason
You are both correct. Japan defines "hospitalized" patients as "those currently hospitalized (includes those in the process of being hospitalized), receiving care at a dedicated facility, or receiving treatment at home". And that number for today is roughly 522,000. Of those, 33,000 are in-patients in hospitals.
Don't get into shouting matches over definitions, people.
Patrick
Steven McCarthy, setting aside your COVID mis/disinformation, where did you come up with this unique punctuation?
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Kaowaiinekochanknaw
Not sure what 'masking up' will do to numbers.
Latest scientific studies say otherwise.
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full
Jonny G
High cases still but downward trend as was always going to happen as spring approaches and the fact so many of the population have been infected the antibodies and natural immunity level is high. Good times.
As for the mask thing - c'mon - even the most ardent supporters have to give it up now as it's embarrassing on all levels. Not just because the latest comprehensive study - looking at many studies - all show no effectiveness, but the case numbers in East Asia - esp. Japan, tell us this. Masks are solely about collective conformity, social anxiety and, in some cases, sheer vanity.