The number of infections in the eighth wave of the epidemic in Japan has tended to decrease, but the death toll remains high.

(Reuters)

[Compiled Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] Japan is suffering from the eighth wave of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic. Although the number of infections tends to decrease, the death toll remains high.

According to Kyodo News on the 29th, Japan reported 252 new deaths on the 28th, and the death toll in January reached 10,124. This is the first time that the number of deaths in a single month has exceeded 10,000, refreshing for two consecutive months highest record.

However, the latest polls show that more than 60% of the Japanese people support the relaxation of the epidemic prevention policy by the authorities to reduce the epidemic to the same level as the flu.

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According to reports, in the eighth wave of the epidemic, as the number of infections increased, the number of deaths began to increase sharply around November last year, and the number of deaths exceeded 7,600 in December, the highest in a single month before.

The death toll remains high this month, setting a new record for two consecutive months.

The prefectures that reported the most deaths on the 28th were 29 in Osaka, 25 in Tokyo, 18 each in Saitama and Aichi.

4,515 people were infected in Tokyo, 3,684 in Osaka, and 3,486 in Aichi.

The number of new infections across the country that day was 54,843, a decrease of about 24,000 from a week ago, and the decreasing trend has been evident since the middle of this month.

The Japanese government has officially decided to downgrade the legal status of Wuhan pneumonia on May 8, after the Golden Week holiday, from the current "category 2" to "category 5", which is the same as common infectious diseases such as seasonal flu , to relax the epidemic prevention regulations.

Kyodo News conducted nationwide telephone polls in Japan on the 28th and 29th. Regarding the relaxation of epidemic prevention in May, Wuhan pneumonia has fallen to the same level as influenza, with 62.0% in favor and 34.0% against.

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