Tokyo's daily new COVID-19 cases top 3,000 for 5th day in row

Tokyo confirmed Sunday that the metropolitan area's daily new COVID-19 cases topped 3,000 for the fifth straight day, with public concern high over a surge in infections while the Olympics are under way in the capital and its governor and her counterparts elsewhere seeking to enforce a lockdown.The figure of 3,058 came a day after a record 4,058 daily coronavirus cases were reported in the capital, which is currently under a COVID-19 state of emergency through Aug. 31, and as the daily tally reported for the past few days remains high.The National Governors' Association agreed in a meeting …READ FULL ARTICLE