Tokyo reports 181 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 595

With this hot weather you would have thought Covid19 would have been destroyed by now.

Good to everyone when Winter arrives.

Umm, I think it’s been determined that the weather has little impact.

@stickman1760........therefore we have little to worry about this Winter when the normal flu viruses hit as well.

Will sleep much better tonight.......cheers!

If possible, please indicate the number of infected persons in each age group. Just stating x-number of people are infected has little relevance; just like stating x-number of person died from COVID.

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@Spitfire 04:02pm

Unfortunately no. Recent research (Google "humidity and COVID-19") has made it clear that humidity is a far more important factor than temperature. In humid conditions as in the Japanese summer the moisture in the air enlarges respiratory droplets so that they fall to the ground more quickly, whereas when the air is dry as it is in winter in Japan, respiratory droplets can remain airborne for much longer and so facilitate airborne transmission.

Umm, I think it’s been determined that the weather has little impact.

It was said well before summer that hot and humid weather does help, but with a new virus and little immunity there will still be a fair number of cases.

Life goes on. This particular hook has lost its bait

I suppose most people spend much of their time indoors, so I am guessing the outdoor heat and UV has no affect on any virus indoors, but I am no expert. Perhaps we should all summarily turn off our AC's and test it? Uh...nope.

Spreading through enclosed spaces and poor ventilation. Will likely peak again in winter.

I like how they mention in the whole nationwide of japan when japan is like the size of California in comaprison. The issue here I think is they are likely reducing the number of test that are being conducted to lower the confirmed case per day in the name of Tokyo Olympics while trying to convince sheeps(s omeone who mindlessly follows and emulates anything and everything in the name of fame/recognition) the condition is all good here.

Recoveries continue to outpace new infections by a significant amount. Active cases have almost halved since the peak on August 13th. Some prefectures have very few active cases and Tottori is COVID free.

However the doom and gloom merchants on this site continue to maintain things are much worse than they actually are.

Ashley, there are of course various other factors involved in transmission than just humidity. The gathering in large groups and partying that you mention are known factors in transmission if there's no so-called 'social distancing,' even in summer. The problem with winter is that people are indeed indoors more than in the summer, in very dry, poorly ventilated spaces - poorly ventilated to keep out the cold - and people who aren't lucky enough to be able to spend all their time at home are doubtless going to be exposed to more airborne transmission. Of course, we could say that relatively dry, poorly ventilated air-conditioned spaces in summer should have much the same effect, so we'll just have to wait and see how all of this balances out.