Japan on Friday extended a state of emergency to three additional prefectures, Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima, due to rising COVID cases. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan’s economy minister, said the prefectures will be under a state of emergency until at least May 31. Japan now has 19 out of 47 prefectures under a state of emergency due to the coronavirus. The institute also reported there had been 11,336 new COVID-19 infections and 190 deaths in the last 24 hours. India reported 343,144 new COVID cases while deaths rose by over 4,000 over the last 24 hours.

Source: Egypt Independent May 14, 2021 08:26 UTC