31 May 2021 (Part 01)

31 May 2021 (Monday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of 2): Headlines and (yesterday’s) numbers

[Part 02 will be about vax stuff.]

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“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life…”

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Japan covid-related topics from NHK’s 7am news bulletin today.

Large-scale vaccination centers expand catchment area
“I can’t get an appointment for my second jab.”
How can we vaccinate those people requiring care at home?
Non-alcoholic drinks providing a lifeline [to the bar and restaurant industry]

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[Taken from the NHK website]

2877 cases confirmed yesterday

[vs. 4048 for the same day last week, and 5261 for the same day two weeks ago.]

44 out of 47 prefectures reported cases yesterday.

No new daily prefectural records set.

Tokyo was 448

[vs. 535 for the same day last week. Keep an eye on this. A week of under 500 will likely prompt talk of moving Tokyo out of SofE and into Manbo instead.]

Osaka at 197

[vs. 274 for the same day last week.]

Other triple figures for:

Hokkaido at 288

Okinawa at 271

Aichi at 305

Kanagawa at 233.

Fukuoka at 152

Saitama at 122

Hyogo at 101

The number of positives at immigration testing was 2.

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[Taken from the NHK website]

The total of current active serious cases stands at 1347, DOWN 36 on the previous day.

49 deaths confirmed yesterday. That brings us to 12993 in total.

Total recorded cases at 745668.

Recovered cases at 672431 (up around 5200 on the previous day).

[Jabs calculator]

Total active cases are at 60244 (down around 2000 on the previous day).

Percentage of active cases as a percentage of the grand total is 8.11%

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Here is Tokyo’s 448 graphed.

That’s 17 straight days of Tokyo’s daily case numbers being lower than that of the corresponding day of the previous week.

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Okinawa’s 271 is their highest number for a Sunday.

Serious bed case occupancy rate is 100%, and overall covid bed occupancy rate is 88% for the prefecture.

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Here is the breakdown for the Kansai region.

426 new daily cases.

Osaka is under 200 for the first time since March 23.

14 deaths confirmed for the region.

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Osaka’s serious bed case occupancy rate was 73.7% as of yesterday.

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The medical system in Osaka remains under severe pressure with routine operations and hospitalizations facing limitations [postponements and cancellations] too.