Tokyo reports highest daily tally of Covid-19 cases since state of emergency lifted


Men wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus stand at a back ally bar street in Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday said that 57 new cases of Covid-19 infections had been confirmed in the capital, the highest single-day count since the state of emergency was lifted on May 25. - AP

TOKYO, June 27 (Xinhua): The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday said that 57 new cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus) infections had been confirmed in the capital, the highest single-day count since the state of emergency was lifted on May 25.

The number of people in the capital who have tested positive for the pneumonia-causing virus now stands at 6,054, the Tokyo metropolitan government said, with the latest increase marked the second straight day that the daily number in the capital has topped 50.

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