At least 97 new coronavirus infections were confirmed in Tokyo on Thursday, the biggest daily increase yet, the metropolitan government said, as the capital struggles with a recent surge in the number of cases.The figure follows 66 reported on Wednesday and 78 on Tuesday, and brought the total number of confirmed cases in Tokyo to 684, raising pressure for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency to curb the rapid spread of the virus.Across the nation, 277 people were newly found as positive for the virus, also a single-day record. It brings the nation's total confirmed cas…READ FULL ARTICLE