World

Tokyo (Japan), August 20: Japan's capital Tokyo confirmed 5,534 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, topping the 5,000 mark for the second straight day, with another record high of over 25,000 new cases reported nationwide as of 6:17 p.m. local time, local media reported Thursday.
The seven-day average of new daily cases in Tokyo increased by 20.1 percent from the previous week to reach 4,774.4. The figure of severely ill patients in the capital dropped by one to 274.
Osaka reported 2,443 cases, topping 2,000 for the second successive day.
The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Japan exceeded 23,000 for the first time on Wednesday with 23,918 cases, surpassing the earlier record of 20,361 logged on Friday.
Source :Xinuha