Tokyo Metropolitan Government released data on July 12 stating that 11,511 people were newly diagnosed with the new coronavirus. The average number of new infections in the past week was 8,941, which was 236.6% of last week (about 3,778). The cumulative number of infections is 1.68 million, 442. This is the first time in about 4 months since March 16 (10,220) that the average number of daily infections has exceeded 10,000. The number of new infections in a single day in Okinawa and Ehime Prefectures in Japan has also hit new highs. In Japan, the Omicron variant "BA.5", which is considered to be more infectious, is replacing the previous strain, and concerns that Japan has entered the "7th wave" of the COVID-19 epidemic are increasing.
The number of severe cases increased by 3 from the previous day, reaching 12. One new death was reported, bringing the total number of deaths to 4,588.
Flow of people on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo
In terms of age group, the largest number of people are 2,310 people aged 20 to 29, 1,954 people aged 30 to 39, and 1,828 people aged 40 to 49. There are 912 people over the age of 65. Judging from the vaccination situation, 7,085 people have completed two doses of vaccination, and 2,284 people have not been vaccinated.
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