TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 1,591 coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, setting a new daily high.
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Visitors in face masks wait to offer prayers on the first business day of the New Year at a shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 4. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 1,591 coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, setting a new daily high.