A couple sharing food at a izakaya restaurant in Tokyo's Ueno area on Monday (Sept 28, 2020). Japan on Monday confirmed 279 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the nation's cumulative total to 82,577 excluding cases related to a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama near Tokyo earlier in the year. - AFP
TOKYO, Sept 28 (Xinhua): Japan on Monday confirmed 279 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the nation's cumulative total to 82,577 excluding cases related to a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama near Tokyo earlier in the year.
Of the 279 new cases, 78 of them were reported in Tokyo, the metropolitan government said, with the daily figure falling below the 100-mark for the first time since last Wednesday.
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