Japan's daily COVID-19 cases set new record as pandemic rages on

Japan's daily COVID-19 cases set a record high of 15,753 for the fourth straight day Saturday, while the number of people hospitalized in Tokyo broke the previous record set in January, as the pandemic appears to show no signs of abating amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.Tokyo, hosting the Olympics while under a state of emergency, also confirmed 4,566 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, topping 4,000 for the fourth day in a row.Underscoring the strains on hospitals, the number of people hospitalized in the capital reached 3,485, surpassing the previous record of 3,427 in e…READ FULL ARTICLE