新規感染、週２万１０００人　１月末以来の２万人超―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１２日午前１０時現在、クルーズ船の乗船者を含め５０万７６２２人に上り、前週から２万１１２０人増えた。１週間の感染者は６週連続で前週を上回った。増加人数が２万人を超えたのは１月の最終週以来。
　死者は前週から１７３人増え、累計で９４２２人となった。
　１週間の新規感染者は大阪府が５４０４人（累計感染者６万９２人）で最多。東京都３２７６人（同１２万５９７８人）、兵庫県１８９４人（同２万２７４０人）、愛知県９８７人（同２万８８４３人）、神奈川県９４１人（同４万９５４８人）と続いた。
　この他で「まん延防止等重点措置」が適用中の宮城県は６６５人（同７１６４人）、京都府は５２４人（同１万２８１人）、沖縄県は８１３人（同１万７０４人）だった。（2021/04/12-10:33）

The cumulative number of novel coronavirus infection cases in Japan, including among cruise ship passengers and crew members, came to 507,622 as of 10 a.m. Monday (1 a.m. GMT), up by 21,120 from a week earlier.
   The weekly number of newly confirmed infection cases exceeded 20,000 for the first time since the final week of January and surpassed the preceding week's total for the sixth consecutive week. The country's cumulative deaths related to the coronavirus came to 9,422, up by 173 from a week before.
   Among the country's 47 prefectures, Osaka, western Japan, recorded the largest number of new cases in the latest week, at 5,404, followed by Tokyo, at 3,276, Hyogo, adjacent to Osaka, at 1,894, Aichi, central Japan, at 987, and Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, at 941.
   Cumulative cases reached 125,978 in Tokyo, 60,092 in Osaka, 49,548 in Kanagawa, 28,843 in Aichi and 22,740 in Hyogo.
   Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, saw 665 new infection cases in the past week, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, 524 cases and Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, 813 cases, while their cumulative cases stood at 7,164, 10,281 and 10,704, respectively.