(Morning News) The Japanese crown disease has continued to spread rapidly. On Sunday (July 17), 105,584 confirmed cases were added, and more than 100,000 were added in a single day for three consecutive days.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported that the number of confirmed cases of 17,790 newly added Sundays from Tokyo, an increase of 8,308 from a week ago, has exceeded 10,000 new cases in a single day in six consecutive days, and the epidemic continues to spread rapidly.
Except for Tokyo, the new cases reported by other counties and cities on Sundays in Japan are also growing.Osaka added 1804 confirmed cases on Sunday, with more than 10,000 new single -day consecutive days.Hokkaido has added 1833 confirmed cases, an increase of 974 from last week, which is higher than the same day last week.
4165 confirmed cases of 4165 in Okinawa County are the first time since the outbreak of the epidemic.
Since July, the number of infections across Japan has increased, and the seventh wave of epidemic has come across.According to reports, the surge in infection was caused by the rapid spread of Omikon BA.5 subtype.In addition, the gradually weakening of the protection of vaccines is also one of the factors of case growth.