Japan's COVID-19 death toll tops 20,000 amid Omicron spread

The cumulative COVID-19 death toll in Japan topped 20,000 Friday, with the figure on a rising trend in recent weeks amid the sixth wave of infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, a Kyodo News tally showed.Japan has seen over 100 deaths daily since early this year, mostly among the elderly population, as the fast-spreading variant has strained the country's medical system.According to the health ministry, 84 percent of 18,400 deaths confirmed earlier were people in their 70s or above. Meanwhile, there were 27 deaths among those in their 20s and four among those aged 10…READ FULL ARTICLE