TOKYO - Japan confirmed a total of 2,638 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, surpassing the 2,000 mark for the first time in over three months and sparking concerns about what may be a sixth wave of COVID-19 infections in the country amid the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
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