Tokyo logs 1,027 daily coronavirus cases, highest since Jan. 28

Tokyo reported on Thursday 1,027 new coronavirus infections, the highest daily level since Jan. 28, while the capital and three western prefectures have been under the country's third state of emergency since the beginning of this week.The resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the capital and other parts of Japan comes less than three months before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics.The seven-day rolling average of infections per day in Tokyo rose to 782.1, up 14.3 percent from the previous seven-day period, with the accumulated number of infections in the capital totaling 138,378.The numbe…READ FULL ARTICLE