Japan's COVID-19 Rapid Resurgence After 2 Months... 3,000 New Cases Per Day

On the morning of the 5th, a pedestrian wearing a mask is walking in a park in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

Japan's daily COVID-19 cases have surpassed 3,000 for the first time in over two months.

According to local public broadcaster NHK on the 7th, 3,421 new COVID-19 cases were identified in Japan by 6 p.m. that day.

As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases rose to 494,131. The death toll increased by 25, reaching 9,321.

This is the first time in 67 days that Japan's daily new cases have exceeded 3,000 since January 30 of this year (3,339 cases), when a state of emergency was declared in 11 prefectures nationwide.

The spread of COVID-19 infections is particularly severe in Osaka Prefecture, the hub of western Japan.

As the speed of COVID-19 transmission accelerates again, disruptions have occurred in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay.

Osaka Prefecture Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura announced his intention to cancel all scheduled torch relay events on public roads in Osaka Prefecture on the 13th and 14th.

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, after consulting with Governor Yoshimura regarding the torch relay, announced plans to cancel the road torch relay in Osaka and instead hold a no-audience torch relay by gathering runners at the Expo Commemoration Park in Suita City, Osaka Prefecture.

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