In the world's most graying nation, less than one person a day is dying from COVID-19.
There are so few people getting sick with COVID-19 in Japan that on some recent days no one has died. That’s brought the number of confirmed deaths in the past week down to six — the lowest it’s been in the country since July 2020, before the second wave of pandemic fatalities.
Compared to other developed nations, such as Germany or the United States, it’s an even more remarkable result — no Group of Seven nation has had so few deaths since the pandemic started in earnest.
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