TOKYO (Reuters): Tokyo confirmed more than 100 more Covid-19 infections on Thursday (July 2), public broadcaster NHK said, the highest daily tally in two months in the city at the centre of Japan's outbreak.
The jump comes after the city of 14 million sought to hold new daily cases at fewer than 20 since the government lifted a state of emergency on May 25, only to see its tally consistently exceed 50 over the past week.
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