国内感染、１週間で１万５０００人増　死者は２３３人増―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７日午前１０時現在、クルーズ船の乗船者らを含め１６万３６５８人に上り、前週より１万５３７９人増えた。死者は２３３人増で累計２３７２人。
　死者数の増加が顕著だ。１週間で確認された死者は１１月２～８日が４８人で、その後の２週は約２０人ずつ増え、同９～１５日が７１人、同１６～２２日が９３人。同２３～２９日は前週比４５人増の１３８人だった。
　１２月６日までの１週間では、１日当たりの死者が４０人を超えた日が２日あり、１１月２９日までの１週間の死者より１００人近く増えた。
　１週間で確認された新規感染者数は１１月９～１５日に１万人を超え、その後の２週は１万４０００人台で推移していた。（2020/12/07-10:28）

The cumulative number of people confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus in Japan, including cruise ship passengers and crew members, stood at 163,658 as of 10 a.m. Monday (1 a.m. GMT), up by 15,379 from a week before.
   The nationwide death toll from the virus increased by 233 to 2,372.
   The seven-day count of deaths has been growing at an accelerated pace. The death count came to 71 in the week to Nov. 15, 93 in the week to Nov. 22 and 138 in the week to Nov. 29.
   In the week to Sunday, the daily count of deaths topped 40 for two days. The number of new deaths in the week exceeded the death count in the week to Nov. 29 by nearly 100.
   The weekly number of new coronavirus infection cases surpassed 10,000 in the week to Nov. 15 and stood between 14,000 and 15,000 in the two following weeks.