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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan recorded more than 3,000 new infections of the novel coronavirus for the first time in a day on Saturday, public broadcaster NHK reported, as the number of cases continues to rise in the winter.
A total of 3,041 people were recently infected, NHK said. Tokyo, Japan’s capital and largest city, confirmed 621 new cases on Saturday.
While Japan hasn’t seen anywhere near the kind of massive outbreaks that have hit the United States and parts of Europe, infections have worsened as winter rolls in, particularly in regions like the northern island of Hokkaido.
So far, some 2,588 people have died in Japan from the coronavirus.
Reporting by David Dolan; Editing by Mark Potter
