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Health

Japan's serious COVID cases climb to 4-month high; record infections

Participants who will throw beans make their way to a venue for the annual bean-scattering ceremony to celebrate the upcoming arrival of spring and wish to drive out the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at the Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, near Tokyo, Japan, February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan serious COVID-19 cases crossed 1,000 for the first time in four months, data showed on Friday, as the Omicron variant fuelled record infections and burdened the medical system.

Seriously ill patients climbed by 131 to 1,042 cases from the day before, the health ministry said, the highest since September when the Delta variant drove a fifth wave of cases.

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