Japan's new COVID-19 cases top 90,000, 1st time in 5 months

Japan's new COVID-19 cases topped 90,000 for the first time since Feb. 17 on Wednesday, official data showed, as public health experts said the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant of Omicron is fueling a seventh wave of infections.The 94,493 cases come close to the peak number of cases of some 104,000 that the country saw in February.The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 16,878 coronavirus cases, surpassing the 10,000 mark for a second straight day and more than doubling from the level a week earlier. Osaka Prefecture also logged 10,452 cases, topping 10,000 for the first time since F…READ FULL ARTICLE