The third wave of Wuhan pneumonia (a novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) in Japan has expanded rapidly, with 2189 new infections on the 18th, the first time the number of new infections broke the daily record of 2000, and the largest number of new infections since the outbreak.
The cumulative number of people infected with Wuhan pneumonia in Japan has reached more than 123,000, with more than 15,000 people still hospitalized and 1,930 cumulative deaths. The epidemic has been heating up since the beginning of autumn, with 2,189 new cases nationwide today, much higher than the peak of the second epidemic on August 7 (1,605), and especially the number of people with severe cases (272 until August 17), which is also higher than the previous peak of 259.
The number of people diagnosed in a single day has remained high over the past week, especially in major cities such as Sapporo, Tokyo, and Osaka, Hokkaido. The number of new infections in Tokyo today is 493, also a record high since the beginning of the epidemic, and a meeting of Tokyo Metropolitan Experts is scheduled for the 19th to raise the outbreak alert in Tokyo to the highest red alert level. In addition, Hokkaido has asked Sapporo residents to refrain from unnecessary outings and cross-town activities until the 27th of this month.
Toshio Nakagawa, president of the Japan Medical Association, urged people to avoid going out and visiting crowded places during the 3 consecutive autumn breaks this weekend.
Mr. Shigeru Onomoto, Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, also said that this wave of epidemic shows the diversification of clusters of infections and the increasing rate of positive tests.
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