増加幅、２週連続で縮小　国内累計感染者１５７万人―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の累計は６日午前１０時現在、クルーズ船「ダイヤモンド・プリンセス」乗船者を含め１５７万５２３４人となった。１週間で増えたのは１１万５２３５人で、前週（１５万３９１７人）から減少した。増加幅の縮小は２週連続。死者は４００人確認され、前週（３２０人）より増えた。
　１週間に１万人以上の感染が確認された自治体は、東京（１万７８４５人）、大阪（１万５９３３人）、神奈川（１万１６６３人）、愛知（１万１５８３人）の４都府県。千葉（８０２６人）、埼玉（７２３１人）両県が続き、首都圏１都３県（４万４７６５人）が全国の４割近くを占めた。（2021/09/06-12:34）

A total of 115,235 new cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed across Japan in the week to Monday, with the pace of growth slowing for the second straight week.
   The weekly total compared with the preceding week's 153,917.
   The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases, including those among cruise ship passengers and crew members, stood at 1,575,234 as of 10 a.m. Monday (1 a.m. GMT). New COVID-19 fatalities came to 400 in the latest week, up from 320.
   By prefecture, Tokyo had the largest number of new cases in the latest week, at 17,845, followed by Osaka, at 15,933, Kanagawa, at 11,663, Aichi, at 11,583, Chiba, at 8,026, and Saitama, at 7,231.
   The combined number in Tokyo, and Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama, all neighboring the Japanese capital, accounted for nearly 40 pct of the nationwide total.