新規感染、週５７万人　前週比３万人減―新型コロナ

　国内の新型コロナウイルス感染者は２１日午前１０時現在、クルーズ船「ダイヤモンド・プリンセス」乗船者を含めた累計で４４９万８２０１人となった。直近１週間の新規感染者は５７万１２４５人で、前週（６０万２３６８人）に比べ３万１１２３人減った。
　一方、死者は累計で２万１８６０人となり、直近１週間では１４７２人増加。前週（１０３１人）と比べ増加幅が拡大している。
　１週間の新規感染者は都道府県別で、東京が１０万３６３４人と最多で、大阪（７万９３２８人）、神奈川（５万１４９２人）、愛知（４万８９８人）、埼玉（３万７９６０人）、兵庫（３万２４７４人）と続いた。（2022/02/21-16:11）

Japan confirmed 571,245 new cases of novel coronavirus infection in the past week, down by 31,123 from the preceding week.
   The country's cumulative COVID-19 cases, including those among cruise ship passengers and crew members, stood at 4,498,201 as of 10 a.m. Monday (1 a.m. GMT).
   Japan's total death toll from the virus reached 21,860 as of Monday morning, up by 1,472 from a week earlier. The size of growth was bigger than the 1,031 in the preceding week.
   By prefecture, Tokyo had the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the past week, at 103,634, followed by Osaka in western Japan, at 79,328, Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, at 51,492, Aichi in central Japan, at 40,898, Saitama, north of Tokyo, at 37,960, and Hyogo, adjacent to Osaka, at 32,474.