52,970 new cases of infection nationwide, record number in Aomori
03/18/2022
More than 52,000 new cases of the new coronavirus have been reported nationwide yesterday.
52,970 new cases of infection nationwide, record number in Aomori (N Star)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced yesterday that 8,461 new cases have been reported. This is a decrease of 1,619 cases from last Thursday and the 14th consecutive day below the same day of the previous week. The average number of new cases over the last seven days was 8159, 86.8% of last week’s total.
After Tokyo, Kanagawa had the second highest number of announced infections, with 5,268. Aomori reported a record 643 cases.
The total number of people infected nationwide is 52,970. The number of seriously ill people hospitalized nationwide was 1,090, and the number of newly announced fatalities was 163.
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