Japan's COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms hit record 1,478

The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms in Japan hit a record 1,478 on Thursday, the health ministry said Friday, as the country grapples with an alarming rise in coronavirus infections amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.The latest figure surpassed the previous record of 1,413 logged in late May, when Tokyo and some other areas were under a third state of emergency. Cases of COVID-19 patients falling seriously ill have been rapidly increasing nationwide since mid-July amid the fifth wave of the pandemic.There has been a rise in such cases among those in thei…READ FULL ARTICLE