COVID mortality in Japan for first time exceeds 10,000 people

Mortality from coronavirus in Japan in January for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 10,000 people, Report informs referring to Kyodo News.

Over the past day in Japan, 252 people have died from coronavirus infection, thus, since the beginning of January, 10,124 people have died from the disease. For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the death toll has exceeded 10,000.

During the day, 54,700 people fell ill with COVID-19 in Japan.

A sharp increase in deaths from coronavirus in Japan has been observed since early December. In total, more than 67,000 people died from the coronavirus in Japan during the pandemic. But if in October 1,800 people died in a month, in November - more than 3,000, then in December this figure soared to 7,600 people. At the same time, 97% of all deaths occur in the age category over 60 years.