Tokyo reports 57 new virus cases, highest since emergency lifted

The Tokyo metropolitan government reported on Saturday 57 new coronavirus infections in the capital, the highest number of daily cases since Japan completely lifted the nationwide state of emergency over the pandemic in late May.The figure was up from 55 on Wednesday and marked the fourth straight day the number has hovered around 50. It brought the cumulative number of infections in Tokyo to 6,054.Of Saturday's 57 cases, 27 were in their 20s, 14 in their 30s, seven each in the 40s and 50s, and one each in the 70s and 80, the metropolitan government said.Seventeen of the 57 were either work…READ FULL ARTICLE