Japan's daily COVID-19 cases top 9,000 for 1st time amid Olympics

Japan's daily total of COVID-19 cases topped 9,000 for the first time on Wednesday, with a surge in infections in Tokyo casting a pall over the Olympics and putting pressure on the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to take stronger countermeasures.The capital confirmed 3,177 COVID-19 cases, hitting a record for the second straight day and pushing up the nationwide tally to exceed the previous all-time high of 7,958 set Jan. 8, as hospitals come under increasing strain.The surge in infections comes as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads and people in Toky…READ FULL ARTICLE