国内感染、週３２０５人　増加幅拡大傾向―新型コロナ

　国内の新型コロナウイルス感染者の累計は３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１７３万５３５７人となった。１週間の新規感染者は３２０５人で、前週より１３７１人増加。変異株「オミクロン株」の急拡大を背景に、感染が再び広がりつつある。
　１週間に確認された感染者の都道府県別は、東京（４６２人）が最多で、大阪（３８０人）、沖縄（２５８人）が続いた。空港検疫での感染確認は５２６人で、前週（２９２人）の１．８倍となった。死者の累計は１万８４０６人で、１週間で８人増えた。（2022/01/03-11:16）

Japan confirmed 3,205 new cases of novel coronavirus infection in the past week, up by 1,371 from the preceding week.
   The data suggest that the virus is beginning to spread again in the country amid a rapid increase of omicron variant cases.
   The total number of infection cases confirmed in the country, including those among cruise ship passengers and crew members, stood at 1,735,357 as of 10 a.m. Monday (1 a.m. GMT).
   Japan's cumulative death toll from the virus stood at 18,406, up by eight from a week earlier.
   By prefecture, Tokyo had the largest weekly COVID-19 cases at 462, followed by Osaka in western Japan at 380 and Okinawa, southernmost Japan, at 258. In airport quarantine checks, 526 infection cases were confirmed, 1.8 times the previous week's count of 292.