The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan sees COVID patients rising for 9th straight weekTOKYO - The average number of COVID-19 patients among designated hospitals across Japan has been rising for nine consecutive weeks since the coronavirus was downgraded to the same category as seasonal influenza in May, health ministry data showed Friday.The average among the roughly 5,000 medical institutions stood at 11.04 in the week from July 10, according to the data, exceeding 10 for the first time since the reporting system was implemented in early …READ FULL ARTICLE
