Japan shows it's defying Covid-19 damage as death rate drops

TOKYO - Japan avoided a surge in overall fatalities during its deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting the government's testing methods aren't resulting in a large number of uncounted deaths linked to Covid-19.

Japan officially recorded 468 coronavirus-related fatalities in May, almost half its total to date of 1,001. Accurately tracking deaths attributed to Covid-19 has been difficult for all countries. Calculating excess mortality - the number of people who died in a period compared to a baseline figure - has been one method to gauge the impact of the pandemic.

Tokyo reported 250 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, TV Asahi reported, marking 21 days in a row where infections have been in triple digits. "I think Japan is a success story," Dr Tedros said on Monday."If you take the death rate in Japan, even when the number of cases increase, they managed to keep the number of deaths at a minimum."That may have helped contribute to the overall drop in deaths, with suicides and fatal road accidents falling as people stayed at home. The drop in mortality was particularly notable in Tokyo, which had 7 per cent fewer deaths in May than an average year.

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