There is a shortage of beds in Japan. The number of COVID-19 patients quarantined at home exceeds 30,000.

The pandemic prevention and control situation in Japan is grim.

According to the data of the Japan Broadcasting Association, as of 20:10 local time on the 16th, Japan had more than 7,000 new confirmed cases and 56 new deaths on that day; more than 320,000 confirmed cases and more than 4,000 deaths.

Eleven prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture, have been declared a state of emergency.

According to the data of Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on the 16th, as of 00:00 on the 13th, more than 30,000 COVID-19 patients in Japan were quarantined at home, about 1.7 times the number a week ago.