The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms in Japan dropped by 99 from Friday to 991 on Saturday, its first dip below 1,000 since Feb. 3, the health ministry said.
The figure began climbing in mid-January amid the sixth wave of the deadly virus and hit a peak of more than 1,500 in late February before starting to fall.
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