Japan's daily COVID-19 cases top 70,000 for 1st time

Japan's daily count of new COVID-19 cases hit yet another record of over 70,000 on Wednesday as the more transmissible Omicron variant continues its rapid spread in Tokyo and elsewhere.The tally of 71,633, rising by nearly 10,000 from Tuesday and setting a record high for the second straight day, was reported before Japan expanded quasi-state of emergency measures to a broad swath of its archipelago, from Hokkaido to the southwestern region of Kyushu.Tokyo confirmed 14,086 daily coronavirus infections, eclipsing the previous all-time high of 12,813 logged Tuesday, with little indication the…READ FULL ARTICLE