A woman wearing protective a face mask is seen at an open-air restaurant as the government declared the second state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan January 9, 2021. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
TOKYO — The number of new coronavirus infection cases hit a record of 31,878 on Thursday, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike told a news conference, far outstripping the previous record set in February.
The number of serious cases and deaths remains low, but officials have warned they are rising.
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