31-12-2022, 12:22 PM
Japan on Wed Thu (30 Dec 2022) recorded 415 420 COVID-19 deaths, the highest-ever count for a single day, health ministry data showed.
The country counted 216,219 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, up 4% from a week earlier, the data also showed, approaching the record high of some 260,000 a day in August.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...022-12-28/
The country counted 216,219 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, up 4% from a week earlier, the data also showed, approaching the record high of some 260,000 a day in August.
![[Image: e21b6e92f18e14e9adfcc01d9b01eb4c.jpg]](https://p.potaufeu.asahi.com/fdc5-p/picture/27321248/e21b6e92f18e14e9adfcc01d9b01eb4c.jpg)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...022-12-28/