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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by cmod on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:01PM (#22612832)
I suspect the reason for fewer tests is, as many have pointed out, because of a lack of tests rather than overt political malfeasance. Note: Yesterday they performed 3.4k tests,[0] which is aprox 30% of the total tests to date in a single day. Tests are ramping up as supplies come online.

[0] https://covid19japan.com/

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by warabe on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @06:48AM (#22615238)
The government says they can perform around 7,500 test a day. However, the total number of tests are much lower than that. Please see the data below. https://toyokeizai.net/sp/visual/tko/covid19/en.html

3/17 is kind of an outlier, because there were too many tests for those who were in close contact with suspected carriers.

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