TOKYO, Jan 15 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s number of daily COVID-19 cases stood at 22,045 yesterday, surpassing 20,000 for the first time since Sept 1, according to data compiled from reports by the prefectural governments.
The data also showed that, it took only two days to reach the current level, after surpassing 10,000 daily infections nationwide.
Tokyo logged 4,051 new cases yesterday, topping 4,000 for the first time since late Aug, while Osaka Prefecture reported 2,826 cases.
Osaka Governor, Hirofumi Yoshimura, said that, he is considering asking the central government to impose a quasi-state of emergency, in the western prefecture, if its occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients, which stood at 21.5 percent as of yesterday, reaches 35 percent.
Okinawa Prefecture marked 1,596 infections yesterday, and has been under a quasi-state of emergency since last Sunday.
A quasi-emergency enables governors to request dining establishments to shorten business hours and stop serving alcohol.– NNN-NHK
