Japan Logs 46,846 New COVID-19 Cases

Tokyo, Dec. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan confirmed 46,846 new cases of COVID-19 infection on Monday, down by about 960 from a week before.

The number of severely ill patients dropped by five from the previous day to 348, and 149 new deaths were reported among COVID-19 patients.

In Tokyo, 5,388 new infection cases were confirmed, down 379 from a week before. New COVID-19 deaths came to 19, while there were 21 patients with severe symptoms under the Japanese capital's criteria, down by one from the previous day.

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