TOKYO -- The number of coronavirus patients in Japan told to recuperate at home has surged to the point where there is a near shortage of medical devices needed for treatment.
There were 127,000 homebound COVID-19 patients nationwide on Wednesday last week, including those recovering in hotels and those wait-listed for hospital vacancies. The count has mushroomed more than nine times from the 14,000 stay-at-home patients recorded on July 21.
