The highly contagious BA.5 omicron variant driving the spike in Japan cases.

By on July 21, 2022

Japan logs record-high daily tally of 152,536 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday exceeding Saturday’s  110,600.

The coronavirus seventh wave is accelerating, driven by the spread of the highly contagious BA.5 omicron variant. New cases hit record highs in 30 of the country’s 47 prefectures Wednesday. Tokyo’s recorded new cases on Wednesday has reached 20,401.

Experts are urging people to ensure basic infection prevention measures are routinely done such as wearing of face masks and regular hand washing.

From Tuesday, the number of patients with severe symptoms rose  to 176 across the country, an increase by 21 – while 53 new COVID-19 deaths were reported.

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