Amid the omicron-driven sixth wave of COVID-19 in the country, Japan’s death toll due to the coro-navirus since December 2019 has surpassed 20,000 on Friday.
Data assessment by Tokyo-based Kyodo News showed COVID-19 has caused more than 20,000 deaths since the pandemic began around two years ago. Japan has reported 3.6 million coronavirus cases so far.
Of the total 47 provinces, Japan imposed en-hanced restrictions in 36 provinces to halt the spread of the virus.
The capital Tokyo is the worst hit which reported 18,660 virus cases on Friday, with over 10,000 daily cases since Jan. 25. Data showed Japan, a country of over 126 mil-lion people, witnessed more than 100 deaths daily.—AP
