Japan Logs New High Number of Severe Covid-19 Patients

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Sabtu, 14 Agustus 2021 22:57 WIB

A shopper washes her hands using a mobile handwashing machine called 'WOSH', installed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan December 19, 2020. Shoppers washed their hands and sterilised their smartphones in the streets of Tokyo's posh Ginza district on Saturday using handwashing stations that a Japanese start-up hopes will revolutionise access to clean water and better hygiene. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TEMPO.CO, Tokyo - Japan logged 1,521 COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms nationwide as of Friday, August 13. The number increased by 43 compared to the previous day, the health ministry said Saturday, August 14, marking a fresh high for the second consecutive day, according to the ministry.

The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Japan surpassed 20,000 for the second straight day on Saturday.

In the capital city of Tokyo, daily COVID-19 cases amounted to 5,094 on Saturday, following a record of 5,773 new infections the previous day, according to the city government. Its seven-day rolling average of infections has increased to 4,231.1 per day, up 8.7 percent compared to the previous week.

The rapid increase in infection cases because of the highly contagious Delta variant has sparked concern about a possible collapse of the country's medical system with patients occupying hospital beds in many prefectures.

As the rapid spread of COVID-19 shows no signs of abating, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to hold meetings with relevant ministers next week to discuss expanding the state of emergency beyond Tokyo and the other prefectures currently under the emergency state.

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