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18-08-2022, 09:43 AM
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/0...id-deaths/
Japan COVID deaths up sevenfold over month amid latest virus wave
Japan is seeing a surge in the number of COVID-19-related deaths during the ongoing seventh infection wave, with such cases up sevenfold in the course of one month, even though new cases are starting to decrease in some areas.
With the BA.5 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus running rampant across the country, the number of daily deaths linked to COVID-19 has recently been exceeding 200 nearly every day, coming close to the levels seen during the sixth wave that swept across the country at the beginning of this year.
According to the health ministry, the daily tally of COVID-19 deaths announced by local governments hit a record high of 277 on Feb. 22 this year, during the height of the sixth wave.
COVID-19 deaths then started to decrease, with the total staying below 100 for around four months from April 2. The number of death cases was below 10 on some days.
The figure climbed back above 100 on July 26, as a result of a steep increase in the number of new cases from the end of June.
Since hitting 250 on Aug. 9, the number of related deaths in the country has topped the 200-mark almost every day. The number of deaths stood at 215 on Monday, around seven times the figure on July 15.
Japan COVID deaths up sevenfold over month amid latest virus wave
Japan is seeing a surge in the number of COVID-19-related deaths during the ongoing seventh infection wave, with such cases up sevenfold in the course of one month, even though new cases are starting to decrease in some areas.
With the BA.5 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus running rampant across the country, the number of daily deaths linked to COVID-19 has recently been exceeding 200 nearly every day, coming close to the levels seen during the sixth wave that swept across the country at the beginning of this year.
According to the health ministry, the daily tally of COVID-19 deaths announced by local governments hit a record high of 277 on Feb. 22 this year, during the height of the sixth wave.
COVID-19 deaths then started to decrease, with the total staying below 100 for around four months from April 2. The number of death cases was below 10 on some days.
The figure climbed back above 100 on July 26, as a result of a steep increase in the number of new cases from the end of June.
Since hitting 250 on Aug. 9, the number of related deaths in the country has topped the 200-mark almost every day. The number of deaths stood at 215 on Monday, around seven times the figure on July 15.
