Japan's Covid - 19 Death Rate Inches Up
Japanese health officials say the country's fatality rate from confirmed coronavirus cases has inched up to 1.9 percent.
The health ministry says the number of people with confirmed infections in Japan stood at 13,232 as of 6 p.m. on Sunday. Cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and chartered planes from China are not included.
The figure was up 2,624 people from a week earlier.
By age group, people in their 50s were the largest with 2,271. They're followed by people in their 40s and 20s with 2,165 and 2,140 respectively. People in their 30s came in fourth with 1,972.
Of those confirmed cases, 253 people, or 1.9 percent, have died. That's an increase of 82, or 0.3 percentage points, from a week before.
People aged 80 or over topped the fatality list with 131; followed by those in their 70s at 71; those in their 60s at 29; those in their 50s at 12; and those in their 40s at five.
This means that the fatality rate is 11.5 percent for those in their 80s or older, and 5.7 percent for those in their 70s. Both inched up 0.4 to 0.5 points from a week earlier.
