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The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 440 new cases of the coronavirus, down 35 from Thursday. Osaka topped the nation's tally with 613 cases.
In Tokyo, the number (249 men and 191 women) is the result of 7,934 tests conducted on March 30. By age group, people in their 20s (115 cases) accounted for the highest number, while 75 cases were aged 60 and over.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 43, down one from Thursday health officials said. The nationwide figure is 394.
Nationwide, the number of reported cases was 2,663. After Osaka and Tokyo, the prefectures with the most cases were Hyogo (174), Saitama (163), Aichi (145), Kanagawa (133), Miyagi (116), Chiba (105), Okinawa (103), Kyoto (68), Hokkaido (57), Nara (54), Ibaraki (35), Gunma (34), Fukushima (34), Gunma (34), Tochigi (32), Shizuoka (30), Iwate (27), Nagano (27) and Ehime (27.)
The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported nationwide was 15.
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falseflagsteve
These numbers are very low considering the size of the Japanese population
Yet there are people trying to make others feel guilty about getting on without everyday lives. They would prefer everyone to stay indoors and feel isolated from society, it seems almost sadistic to me
bokuda
Why do you thing the numbers are low?
Did you ever thought about that?
gakinotsukai
Consider the tests number and positivity rate or you don't understand anything to statistics
sf2k
it's all just made up, the rate doesn't have any bearing on the positive figures no matter the test size, it's complete PR
Fighto!
I will fix that mistake for you. You're welcome.
*These test numbers are very low considering the size of the Japanese population*
falseflagsteve
Actually guy sim talking about the severe cases hospitalized.
much less than many flu seasons
gakinotsukai
so a 3 times more fatal virus killing less than the season flu ... totally legit
https://presse.inserm.fr/en/covid-19-causes-3-times-more-deaths-than-seasonal-flu/41795/
Yubaru
Once again, another person who mistakenly thinks that "Tokyo" is Japan!
Once again the "rest" of the country gets brushed aside!
Moderator
We update the story every night at around 7 p.m. with nationwide numbers.
falseflagsteve
Zoroto, yes because all classed as Covid no doubt
check usual years
didou
Should be read, These numbers are very low considering the size of the Tokyo population.
And this is right. Numbers are low not only because test numbers are low, but because the number of infected people remains low. That’s a fact, otherwise you would see what happened in Wuhan, Italy, New York and a few other places where dead people were packed outside hospitals. This is not happening here
Michael Machida
Im happy to see the numbers are going down. The Japanese Government is doing a smash up great job! However, now that I think about it. Are the numbers higher today than yesterday? I think they are!
[ heh, heh.....]
obladi
The death rate in Japan is almost equal to that in the rest of the world (~1%), so, there is nothing special about Japan. It's low enough that most people feel safe, but high enough that it could easily get out of control if measures are relaxed.
Until the vaccines are available for all, the best course is to avoid crowds, wear your masks and generally keep doing what we have been doing all year.
Don't give up!
Vinke
One week ago, on March 26: 8303 tests, 376 positive cases.
Today, on April 2: 7934 tests, 440 positive cases.
Up we go.
Oxycodin
never ending story
Ricky Sanchez
Common sense tells us the number of people you test, the number of people that test positive increases. If you keep testing below 10k every day, then the numbers won't change much as we have seen. The Gov't keeps the testing low for a reason. This way they can show the world how they "Beat the Virus!" What the Gov't doesn't know if they are being laughed at so much by the rest of the world with their Irrogant attitude. Remember when there was Irrogancy in the middle east? It didn't turn out well.
Penfold
Covid19 is running out of steam!
About time for a new “variant”
by the way, what happened to the flu?
divinda
It looks like today will be about 2900 total, a new high in this so-called 4th wave.
And with that, it pushes the current weekly average to well over 2200 (and rising). It should be noted that this is just about the point when the government extended the previous State Of Emergency in early February (yet back then the 7-day average was steadily falling).
Probably gonna be another SOE for GW.
And gonna wreck havoc for all the pre-Olympic plans...... (better to just scrap it).
Vinke
Monty,
This article is about new covid-19 cases in Japan - not about The Greatness of Japan.
I love many things in Japan, like the food, the history, the aesthetics, but won't comment on that here, as it's irrelevant to the article. Comments on how Japan has handled the pandemic is, however, very relevant, and IMO Japan is doing a miserable job at that.
i@n
According to the geniuses here, Japan controls the number of cases by controlling the number of tests.
If it's effective why don't the rest of the world follow?
We don't need vaccines if we can lower number of cases by just lowering number of tests.
Best is stop testing altogether and virus will be gone =)
stickman1760
Haha, keep washing those hands!! That will get us out of this.
NOMINATION
A couple doctors I know said that they haven't had a single flu patient this year. Either masks are doing the trick or people hesitate to go to the hospital.
Mark
What is going on Osaka?
didou
You can test 10 times more but you will not get 10 times more positives. More for sure, but not so much. Because you will test people without symptoms and the majority does not have covid
Yes, and many did rush to get the flu shot per doctors advice and frenzy media. Glad I did not get the shot as usual. In Japan, the ministry recommend the shot for people over 65, but this has became cultural for the whole population, which is not at risk.
longtimenosee
According to the news, it's a new variant of "unknown origin."
TARA TAN KITAOKA
Capitalism or stay alive???
Oxycodin
.... what happen to the flu?? well Covid is the new propaganda flu to help facilitate hidden agendas by the new world goverment
virusrex
Imaginary scenarios from bad action movies are not explanations, a well described and expected phenomenon predicted by health services since the first measures against COVID were put in order is much better.
Do you also use conspiracy theories to explain how nutritional interventions made to avoid dietary deficiencies in kids also reduced many other "unrelated" health problems?