Japan's daily COVID cases top 80,000, record high for 4th day

Japan confirmed more than 80,000 daily coronavirus cases on Friday, setting a new record for the fourth consecutive day, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to wreak havoc across the country.The nationwide tally reached 81,822, with Tokyo, Osaka and more than 20 other prefectures reporting record daily counts. The capital confirmed 17,631 cases and Osaka recorded 10,013 cases, topping 10,000 for the first time.Japan started seeing an explosive increase in daily COVID-19 cases about a month ago when there were only around 500 cases a day."It is difficult to say whether (the…READ FULL ARTICLE