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The Tokyo metropolitan government on Sunday reported 4,936 new coronavirus cases, down 451 from Saturday and down 284 from last Sunday.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 14, unchanged from Saturday, health officials said. The nationwide figure is 195, down eight from Saturday.
Nationwide, the number of reported cases was 38,749. After Tokyo, the prefectures with the most cases were Osaka (2,733), Kanagawa (2,567), Saitama (2,297), Hokkaido (2,633), Fukuoka (2,101), Aichi (1,990), Chiba (1,751), Hyogo (1,438), Okinawa (1,311), Hiroshima (997), Kagoshima (883), Kyoto (841), Ibaraki (784), Shizuoka (671), Tochigi (650), Okayama (631), Niigata (560), Nagano (535), Fukushima (527), Miyagi (518), Kumamoto (468), Nagasaki (454), Mie (447), Gunma (433), Miyazaki (392), Oita (368), Ishikawa (368), Gifu (364), Shiga (356), Iwate (334), Kagawa (317), Aomori (303), Akita (272), Nara (262), Saga (268), Ehime (219), Shimane (207), Wakayama (205), Fukui (200), and Yamaguchi (176).
The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported nationwide was 15.
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8 Comments
falseflagsteve
It’s very nice to see this tailing off despite places being incredibly busy. Wondering how long until tourist can return, possibly by Summer?
Alex
Somehow I don't think Japan will open up this year. The population can travel out on holiday but I think that most don't want that reciprocated.
thaonephil
Still wondering about the Japanese situation and why the peaks are so different from neighboring countries.
painkiller
Numbers staying the same basically in Okinawa, so this is still not leveling off.
Tourists will not be allowed back until at least after the simmer elections.
Until then, mask up and stay in.
smithinjapan
Painkiller: "Tourists will not be allowed back until at least after the simmer elections."
It's been proven that Japan's ban on foreigners has nothing to do with the actual virus and science, so I think you're wrong and they'll be allowed in quite soon -- the economy is tanking and with a cheap yen incoming tourism would be a boon. For that reason alone I suspect calls for easing entry into Japan will increase quite quickly, and quite loudly... well... until the foreigners actually come in, and then people will cry about other things.
painkiller
smithinjapanToday 07:26 pm JST
Your first sentence seems to support my reason for saying foreign tourists will not be allowed in until after the summer elections.
Let's get back to each other whenever they are let in.