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Japan registers 415 new Covid deaths, highest ever tally in a single day

Japan said it had 216,219 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, which marks a rise of 4 per cent from a week earlier

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Japan on Wednesday recorded 415 Covid deaths, the highest-ever count for a single day, health ministry data showed. 

Japan said it had 216,219 newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, which marks a rise of 4 per cent from a week earlier. The number is close to the record high of some 260,000 a day in August. 

China in shambles

Chinese hospitals and funeral homes were under intense pressure on Wednesday as a surging Covid-19 wave drained resources. 

Staff at Huaxi, a hospital in the city of Chengdu, said they were “extremely busy” with Covid patients. There were long queues inside and outside the hospital’s

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