by
Joseph Ditzler
• Stars and Stripes • February 17, 2022
U.S. Forces Japan on Thursday reported 115 new cases at 13 installations, with four pending confirmation, since its report the previous day. None of the USFJ cases are hospitalized or considered serious. The command reported 81 on Wednesday and 115 on Tuesday.
Yokosuka Naval Base, the 7th Fleet homeport south of Tokyo, reported 27 new cases; Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, south of Hiroshima, reported 17; and Camp Zama, the headquarters 25 miles southwest of Tokyo of U.S. Army Japan, reported 16 new cases.
Kadena Air Base on Okinawa on its website said its active cases were up to 89 on Thursday. According to USFJ, another 11 people had tested positive at Kadena.
Okinawa prefecture reported 702 new cases Thursday, an increase of 42 over Wednesday, according to the prefectural Department of Public Health and Medical Care. It also reported 27 new cases in the U.S. military community.