感染者、増加傾向続く　東京で顕著―新型コロナ

　国内で確認された新型コロナウイルス感染者は２２日午前１０時現在、クルーズ船の乗船者らを含め４５万７５９２人に上り、前週から８９５８人増えた。１週間の新規感染者数が前週を上回るのは３週連続。この間に東京都で感染が見つかったのは、１日平均３００人を超える２１０８人。前週は１９５４人、前々週は１７７９人で、増加が続いている。
　緊急事態宣言が解除された首都圏の１都３県で直近１週間に確認された感染者は計４２４３人。増加が続く東京を除く３県がいずれも前週より減少しており、前週（４２４２人）とほぼ変わらなかった。３県の内訳は埼玉県７６２人（前週８４７人）、千葉県６８０人（同７２３人）、神奈川県６９３人（同７１８人）。
　このほか、１７日に１日当たりの感染者が初めて１００人を超え、その後も過去最多を更新した宮城県が６３０人増加するなどした。
　死者の全国累計は８８４９人で、前週から２４１人増えた。（2021/03/22-10:28）

The weekly number of newly confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Japan has grown for the third straight week.
   As of 10 a.m. Monday (1 a.m. GMT), the cumulative number of infection cases, including among cruise ship passengers and crew members, stood at 457,592, up by 8,958 from a week before.
   In Tokyo, the cumulative infection total rose by 2,108 over the past week, after increasing by 1,954 in the preceding week and growing by 1,779 in the week before the previous week.
   Over the past week, new infection cases confirmed in the Tokyo metropolitan area--Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa--added up to 4,243, almost unchanged from 4,242 in the preceding week, as new cases decreased in the prefectures other than Tokyo. New cases came to 762 in Saitama, down from 847, to 680 in Chiba, down from 723, and to 693 in Kanagawa, down from 718.
   The Japanese government lifted its second state of emergency over the epidemic for the Tokyo metropolitan area at the end of Sunday. The latest state of emergency, which was declared in January and temporarily covered seven other prefectures as well, has now been fully removed.