デルタ株、国内累計１０００人超　感染ペース倍以上に―厚労省

　厚生労働省は４日、新型コロナウイルスのうちインド由来のデルタ株に国内で感染した人が２日までの１週間に新たに４１８人確認されたと発表した。前週１週間（２０１人増）と比べ倍以上のペースで増加し、累計は３７都道府県で１２０１人と初めて１０００人を超えた。
　厚労省によると、この１週間で新たに島根、高知、宮崎の３県で感染者が見つかった。累計の最多は千葉、神奈川両県でそれぞれ２２８人。東京２０６人、大阪１０３人、埼玉５１人、兵庫４５人、静岡４４人、愛知４２人と続いた。（2021/08/04-19:40）

A total of 418 people in Japan contracted the highly infectious delta variant of the novel coronavirus in the week through Monday, the health ministry said Wednesday.
   The figure, up sharply from 201 in the preceding week, brought the cumulative number of infections with the variant, first identified in India, to 1,201 in 37 prefectures, exceeding the 1,000 threshold for the first time.
   According to the ministry, infection cases were found for the first time in Shimane, Kochi and Miyazaki prefectures in the latest reporting week.
   Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures had the highest cumulative totals, with 228 each, followed by Tokyo, at 206, Osaka Prefecture, at 103, Saitama Prefecture, at 51, Hyogo Prefecture, at 45, Shizuoka Prefecture, at 44, and Aichi Prefecture, at 42.