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The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 9,632 new coronavirus cases, down 689 from Sunday and up 827 from last Monday.
By age group, 1,399 cases were in their 20s, 1,586 in their 30s, 1,532 in their 40s and 885 in their 50s, while 1,306 were aged between 10 and 19, and 1,845 younger than 10.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 69, down six from Sunday, health officials said. The nationwide number is 1,461, down 46 from Sunday.
Nationwide, the number of reported cases was 51,338. After Tokyo, the prefectures with the most cases were Kanagawa (6,404), Osaka (4,631), Saitama (4,213), Aichi (3,255), Chiba (3,205), Fukuoka (2,429), Hyogo (2,048), Hokkaido (1,605), Ibaraki (1,476), Kyoto (1,094), Nara (897), Shizuoka (826), Shiga (686), Gifu (495), Miyagi (469), Tochigi (425), Okinawa (422), Kumamoto (393), Okayama (392), Mie (368), Aomori (359), Ishikawa (357), Saga (298), Gunma (294), Iwate (278), Niigata (276), Fukui (275), Oita (264), Nagano (245), Kagawa (233), Toyama (228), Tokushima (223), Nagasaki (216), Wakayama (199), Yamaguchi (193), Ehime (183), Fukushima (174), Miyazaki (140) and Yamagata (127).
The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported nationwide was 198.
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21 Comments
Ah_so
While we have reached a probable peak, it is not “over” as some were confidently predicting. More a half-way point.
Nobnaga
wow i thought japan would have less cases didnt see that coming
Alex
Honestly not all that surprised. I work on weekends and saw a lot more people out on Saturday and Sunday (especially Sunday) than in previous weekends. Pre-pandemic levels. We'll see where this goes, I guess.
Bobo
maybe the numbers will always be in the 1000s forever, get vaxxed and enjoy everything you always have.I do, movies, bars and travel, overseas hopefully
Akula
Nice to see cases falling, albeit slowly.
Recoveries are outpacing new cases, so overall the situation is getting better. Might take a few more weeks for things to really settle down.
Steven Smith
The numbers have always been artificially low due to the pathetic number of tests.
The true number at the peak of each wave I suspect was ten times the 'official' number.
We should be celebrating numbers in the 50,000-75,000 range nationwide as this SHOULD show a huge (and steady) drop from a couple of weeks ago.
Blame it on the need to hold the Olympics (which I loved) or the perpetual denial deeply-rooted in this country's psyche, but these COViD-19 faux controls (quasi states of emergency et al) have miserably failed.
stickman1760
60-plus people in a city of 15 million seriously Ill. Do the math then decide if you want to hide at home for the rest of your life.
Steven Smith
You are SPOT-ON, stickman1760.
Sanjinosebleed
Ah_soToday 05:06 pm JST
While we have reached a probable peak, it is not “over” as some were confidently predicting. More a half-way point.
A half way point past the peak… geez what bunk of scare mongers preach!
Rob
@Stickman
No one's suggesting such a ridiculous thing anyway.
Steven Mccarthy
“The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 69, down six from Sunday,”
Allow me to translate English into English so some of you can comprehend. 69 down 6 means 6 people on life support died .
Is that really acceptable? Daijobu? A nothing burger ? In a city of 15 mil 6 is irrelevant?
For those who do not know , Tokyo is NOT a country. While it is the financial hub of Japan , without those other 46 prefectures with 110mil people, Tokyo would be nothing. What product(s) does Tokyo actually manufacture and get to markets here and abroad? Next to none.
Antivaxers have absolutely zero credibility on any issue related to Covid . Whining about vaccinating children or not . Go get married , have your own children and then spread your patently false statements and information. Until then , let parents worry about their own children without having to weed through the junk science and fabricated data .
As for a carefree living lifestyle… whatever makes YOU happy . Your luck will eventually run out. But stop referring to the responsible adults as cave dwellers and so on . Omicron is the deadliest and most virulent disease to hit Japan In our lifetimes. It doesn’t discriminate, it’s kills I’m all age groups . Young , old , fat , thin , sick and well . We’re stuck on a plateau here with the end nowhere in sight .
stickman1760
What exactly is irresponsible behavior? I’m curious. For the past two years I have been going to work as usual and meeting friends in bars on Friday night. I’m still alive. Is that irresponsible behavior?
falseflagsteve
Numbers continue to fall exactly un the manner I predicted since early January, based on the science and a viable data from other countries
Been out today around Nama, bite to eat, stroll about and noticed it was very lively. People out and about having a great time, as was I.
we need to get on with our lives, work hard to support our families, don’t be weak and make our loved ones have irrational fears and support our communities, something I have done the last two years.
Steven Mccarthy
Yes
stickman1760
Why? I never got sick, I haven’t infected anyone
stickman1760
I also got vaxxed, boosted and I get regular pcr tests. But you would have me quit my job and stay home.
Alex
I'm wondering if others here have read this news from the 26th?
"Experts say Tokyo facing danger of high, prolonged level of daily COVID infections"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220226/p2a/00m/0na/002000c