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Japan has recorded more than 2,000 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the highest number so far and confirming a third wave of covid-19 affecting Tokyo and other regions of the country.
Japanese authorities have recorded 2,189 SARS-CoV-2 infections in the past 24 hours, according to data from the public NHK network, which anticipates the figures that will be officially released by the Japanese Ministry of Health.
This number exceeds the record of infections that had been reached last Saturday, of 1,736 infections.
National data was released shortly after the release of the latest number of daily infections in Tokyo, which recorded 493 cases and also set a new infection record for the capital region.
According to the latest official toll in Japan, a country of about 126 million inhabitants, about 122,000 people were infected with SARS-CoV-2 and 1,933 people died.
A the third wave happens after a first wave between April and May, during the first phase of spread of the infections throughout the Japanese territory, and the second recorded in August, with the highest number of infected and the lowest in terms of deaths.
The new data is known when the media indicate the possibility that, in the next few hours, the Tokyo government will increase the alert level in the city and limit the hours of bars and restaurants, among other measures.
Another of the areas most affected by the new wave is the island of Hokkaido in the north, in whose main city, Sapporo, the authorities have recommended that citizens stay indoors until the end of the month, barring essential displacements.
Japan was subjected to social restrictions between April and May, as part of the Japanese government-approved health emergency, but the alarm was lifted on May 25 and there has been a gradual relaxation of restrictions since then.
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