Japan Reports 725 New COVID-19 Cases... Over 700 Cases for Two Consecutive Days

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Japan's daily new cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) remained in the 700s for the second consecutive day.

According to the local public broadcaster NHK's tally, as of 8 p.m. on the 24th, 725 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed across Japan.

Accordingly, Japan's cumulative number of COVID-19 cases rose to 97,432.

Recent daily new COVID-19 cases in Japan were 621 on the 21st, 617 on the 22nd, and 748 the previous day.

On this day, the number of new COVID-19 cases by region was highest in Tokyo Metropolis with 203 cases, followed by Osaka Prefecture with 96 cases, and Kanagawa Prefecture with 62 cases.

The number of deaths among Japan's COVID-19 cases increased by 4, totaling 1,727.