[Asia Economy Reporter Son Seon-hee] On the 19th, Japan's daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) exceeded 1,000.


According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, as of 8:30 PM on that day, 1,070 new confirmed cases were reported. In the past three days, Japan's new confirmed cases were 1,020 on the 16th, 647 on the 17th, and 919 on the 18th, and on this day, the number again exceeded 1,000.


The cumulative confirmed cases to date are 59,559, with 1,159 deaths.



Notably, the number of new confirmed cases on this day in Osaka, the economic hub of western Japan, was 187, which was higher than Tokyo, the capital, with 186 cases.


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