
Japan registered his number this Thursday record daily deaths from coronaviruswith a total of 420according to data published today by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of the Asian country.
The country registered 192,063 cases confirmed on Thursday approaching the historical record of last August, when it reached 260,000 in one day, according to the same source, although at that time the dead did not exceed 300 in one day.
According to some experts, this increase in the number of deaths could be related to the disease worsening among chronic patientsmost of them elderly.
This makes the Asian country the first with the most confirmed cases worldwide in the past week and the second in number of deaths, only behind the United States, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The news comes after Japan announced that it will strengthen its border controls for travelers from China demanding, among other things, a PCR test upon landing due to the rapid increase in COVID cases in the Asian giant and after Beijing announced the end of quarantines for travelers.
“Concern has increased in Japan as it is difficult to understand the true extent of the situation (in China),” said Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishidalast Tuesday regarding the true circulation of the virus in the neighboring country.
After the strict measures on tourism in previous years, these represent the first Christmas holidays in which there are no restrictions against the virus in Japan in addition to wearing a mask or taking a test if there are symptoms.
(With information from EFE)
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