THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 12, 2021 at 19:04 JST
An electric signboard in Osaka’s Kita Ward calls on pedestrians to refrain from going out on May 12. (Taku Hosokawa)
OSAKA--Osaka Prefecture reported 50 deaths from COVID-19 on May 12, raising the overall death toll for the month to a record high of 379.
The monthly figure broke the previous record of 347, set in January, in less than two weeks. The accumulated death toll in the prefecture reached 1,835 on May 12.
The prefectural government attributed the surge in fatalities to a rapid spread of infections and a spike in serious cases due to coronavirus variants as well as the severe strain placed on the health care system.
The same day, the prefecture confirmed 851 new infections, pushing the overall count to 92,101.
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