Tokyo Reports 60 COVID-19 Cases... Highest Since Emergency Declaration Lifted
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-gyu Lee] Sixty new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Tokyo, Japan.
On the 28th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that 60 new COVID-19 cases had been confirmed. This surpassed the previous day's record of 57 cases, which was the highest since the state of emergency was lifted in Japan on the 25th of last month.
The average daily number of confirmed cases in Tokyo over the past week was 53.1, exceeding Tokyo's own alert issuance threshold of 20 cases.
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As of 5:30 PM on the same day, a total of 88 new cases were reported nationwide in Japan, including 60 in Tokyo. Consequently, the cumulative number of confirmed cases rose to 19,209, while the death toll remained unchanged at 985.
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