THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 9, 2023 at 12:03 JST
With the government downgrading COVID-19 to the legal status of an infectious disease on May 8, the health ministry will no longer release daily figures for new cases but shift to a weekly announcement.
As a result, this table of new cases in the 47 prefectures will no longer be updated on a daily basis.
Future novel coronavirus trends will be reported in line with health ministry announcements.
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