Tokyo reports 13,516 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 81,621

The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 87, up seven from Friday,

... and THAT is the only relevant figure, as always buried in the article, and not in the headline with the meaningless "case" figures. 87 people with problem in a metropolis of 15+ million..... i.e. a nothing burger.

Omicron is burning through the population now, and in a few weeks the media will finally run out of their beloved "cases" too. You can look at countries ahead in the curve, like SA.

We've hit the peak and things are on the way down. Bye bye COVID.

Stop reporting cases, everyone knows the numbers a fraction of whats out there. A couple of kids in my sons grade had it and were off, we decided to let him keep attending and now everyone but me is sick. Guess I’m the boss.

and THAT is the only relevant figure, as always buried in the article, and not in the headline with the meaningless "case" figures. 87 people with problem in a metropolis of 15+ million..... i.e. a nothing burger.

So the number of deaths is meaningless according to you.

Heartless and selfish.

. . . may wish to remember,

密集 ない

Avoid large crowds,

仮面をかぶる

Remember to continue to wear mask when in public.

ワクチン 痘苗

For Moderna & Pfizer Vaccines Remember to get fully vaccinated, means 2X - twice - 二回

Those fully vaccinated should get BOOSTER after 5 months, 五ヶ月 事後, ブースター after being fully vaccinated.

For Those Seeking Vaccination Sites in Japan,

https://v-sys.mhlw.go.jp/search/

コロナワクチン ナビ

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=en&tl=ja&u=https://v-sys.mhlw.go.jp/search/

Even if you survive Covid long Covid or post Covid syndrome can be very debilitating. I was diagnosed with it today one month after infection. Most people recover from it within 90 days crossing my fingers.

Nationwide, the number of reported cases was 81,621.

Up 13,169 from last Saturday.

Game over. That’s a wrap!

the world has had enough and the politicians know it!

time to move on!

Fighto!Today  05:25 pm JST

and THAT is the only relevant figure, as always buried in the article, and not in the headline with the meaningless "case" figures. 87 people with problem in a metropolis of 15+ million..... i.e. a nothing burger.

So the number of deaths is meaningless according to you. 

“Heartless and selfish.”

you wanted some kid with mental health issues “thrown in the loony bin” early this week. Tad hypocritical no?

What a dramatic drop in new cases for the country of Tokyo. Oops ; my bad . Week on week it’s another increase and Tokyo is not a country. Foolish me for reading the entire article. But hey, Osaka takes home its daily silver medal. Must be the carefree lifestyles of the masses huh ? Everyone here does understand “severe cases” means “intubation,” “a ventilator,” or more commonly known as “a life support machine.” So in any city , 87 is a huge number of people on life support. ICU, CCU, and TCU rooms are by far and away the fewest number of rooms in any hospital. Go ahead , try to dispute that fact . That leaves a few million elsewhere in regular hospital rooms or unfortunately in some hotel room, or even worse , possibly sent home to recover or sadly die . Call me doom and gloom all you want . You naysayers are a huge part of the problem and not the solution. With omicron being the deadliest variant in Japan to date, and seems we’re at the plateau, we are no where near “on the way down.” Don’t be predicting severe cases and deaths will start to fall over the next several weeks. Wait until the number of new cases starts consistently dropping. Wait until there aren’t a few million scattered around the country that should be hospitalized but in some instances, sent home to die . Just the facts people.

Here you have it folks, a good news/bad news double cheeseburger:

Good news: cases are down a bit.

Bad news: the BA2 variant is coming - with some bad luck it actually combines the pathogenicity of Delta with the spread of Omicron.

Good news: antivirals are also (finally) coming to Japan. Pfizer was approved (why always so late?) last week and Shionogi is prepping its application (so sloooow).

Bad news: you likely have to be an obese centenarian sumowrester to be eligible for an antiviral prescription, at least initially.

Good news: spring is coming!