News New COVID-19 cases in Japan soar past 80,000 as omicron wave grows
Severe cases also rose by 160 to reach 697 and 44 coronavirus patients died.
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News Tokyo reports 16,538 new COVID-19 cases, rewriting record for third day
The seven-day average of daily cases in Tokyo came to 11,762.0, compared to 5,386.1 reported a week before.