国内感染３３万１２７１人　死者は４５３８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は１８日午前１０時現在、クルーズ船の乗船者らを含め累計３３万１２７１人で、前週より４万１７７９人増えた。増加人数が１６週ぶりに前週を下回った。累計死者数は４５８人増の４５３８人。増加人数は９週連続で前週を上回り、過去１カ月間で１７００人近く増えた。
　都道府県別の累計感染者は、東京都の８万５４７０人（前週比１万５２６人増）が最多で、大阪府３万８０９５人（同３６４２人増）、神奈川県３万３１８７人（同５８４２人増）と続いた。
　死者は大阪府が初めて東京都を上回り、全国最多となる７４２人（前週比６９人増）。以下、東京都７２５人（同４０人増）、北海道５３８人（同３２人増）、神奈川県３５６人（同３８人増）などだった。死者が一人も出ていないのは島根県だけ。（2021/01/18-10:30）

The cumulative number of novel coronavirus infection cases in Japan, including among cruise ship passengers and crew members, stood at 331,271 as of 10 a.m. Monday (1 a.m. GMT), up by 41,779 from a week before.
   The weekly count of new cases dropped for the first time in 16 weeks.
   The death toll linked to the coronavirus was up by 458 at 4,538, with the pace of rise accelerating for the ninth consecutive week. Nearly 1,700 people were confirmed to have died due to the virus in the past month.
   Among the country's 47 prefectures, the number of cumulative infection cases is largest in Tokyo, at 85,470, up by 10,526, followed by Osaka, western Japan, at 38,095, up by 3,642, and Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, at 33,187, up by 5,842.
   Osaka saw the largest number of coronavirus deaths in the country for the first time, at 742, up by 69, surpassing Tokyo, where cumulative deaths came to 725, up by 40. Fatalities increased by 32 to 538 in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, and by 38 to 356 in Kanagawa. Shimane, western Japan, is the only prefecture where no coronavirus death has been reported.