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Japan's Capital sets new daily record of 366 coronavirus infections

Japan's capital has reported 366 new coronavirus cases, Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo, said on Thursday, a new daily record fuelling fears of a second round of infections.

As Japan began a four-day stretch of holidays, the city's government declared its highest alert against the disease. Thursday's figure took cumulative infections to more than 10,000 in Tokyo, topping a daily high of 293 cases last week.


Although Japan has suffered about 28,000 infections and more than 1,000 deaths, it has escaped the kind of explosive surge seen elsewhere.

But recent signs of a spurt in infections in Japan, as well as other major economies, such as the United States, have prompted authorities to raise renewed alerts against the virus.