Japan reported 8,393 new coronavirus cases on Monday, almost double the figure confirmed the same day in the previous week, as infections continue to surge in and around the capital where the Olympics are being held.The nationwide tally of cases included 2,195 in Tokyo, which confirmed over 3,000 cases for five consecutive days through Sunday, and high numbers in the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama, which logged 1,686, 787 and 762 cases, respectively.The capital's seven-day rolling average of cases has risen to a record 3,214.4 per day, up 106.9 percent from the previ…READ FULL ARTICLE
