Kirk here with another installment of my ever-popular COVID-19 series. (Yipee! More COVID-19 news! ;) ) Numbers of infections are continuing to increase in Kumamoto. Yesterday there were 2561 new infections in the prefecture, a new record. And, as the following image shows, Kumamoto is now number 3 in Japan terms of new infections per 10,000 residents with an average of 703.56. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/special/coronavirus/data/#latest-weeks-card