- This makes the Asian country the first with the most confirmed cases worldwide in the last week.

File image of Japanese with masks due to the covid-19 pandemic.

Japan records its all-time record for coronavirus deaths in one day, with 420

Japan recorded its record number of coronavirus deaths last Thursday, with a total of 420, according to data published by the Asian country's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

The country registered 192,063 confirmed cases on Thursday, approaching the historical record of last August, when it reached 260,000 cases in one day, according to the same source, although at that time the death toll did not exceed 300 in one day.

According to some experts, this increase in the number of deaths could be related to the worsening of the disease among chronic patients, most of them elderly.

This makes the Asian country the first with the most confirmed cases worldwide in the last week and the second in the number of deaths, only behind the United States, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The news comes after Japan announced that it will strengthen its border controls for travelers from China by requiring, among other things, a PCR test upon landing due to the rapid increase in covid cases in the Asian giant and after Beijing announced the end to traveler quarantines.

"Concern has increased in Japan, as it is difficult to understand the true extent of the situation (in China)," Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said last Tuesday regarding the true circulation of the virus in the neighboring country.

After the strict measures on tourism in previous years, these are the first Christmas holidays in which there are no restrictions against the virus in Japan in addition to wearing a mask or taking a test if there are symptoms.

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