People’s Daily Online, Tokyo, March 17th. Based on reports from the Asahi Shimbun and other Japanese media, on March 16, there were 57,922 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Japan, a single-day increase of 5,811 less than last Wednesday. example.
On March 16, Tokyo recorded 10,221 new confirmed cases, 602 fewer new cases in a single day than last Wednesday. As of the 16th, the average daily number of new confirmed cases in Tokyo in the last week was 8,390.3, which was 86.4% of the previous week.
Kanagawa Prefecture in the Tokyo metropolitan area added 4,510 new confirmed cases, Saitama Prefecture added 3,933 cases, and Chiba Prefecture added 3,260 cases.
In addition, there were 5,739 new confirmed cases in Osaka, 3,761 in Aichi, 2,985 in Hyogo, 2,474 in Fukuoka, 1,933 in Hokkaido, and 1,933 in Shizuoka. There were 1,364 new cases, 1,320 new cases in Kyoto Prefecture, and 1,261 new cases in Ibaraki Prefecture. (Compiler: Chen Jianjun)
Source: People’s Daily Online – Japan Channel