Japan posts fresh record of over 260,000 daily COVID-19 cases

Japan posted more than 260,000 daily coronavirus infections on Friday, setting a new record high for a second straight day.The figure apparently reflected increased movements by people during Japan's Bon summer holidays in mid-August. Of the country's 47 prefectures, 19 reported record high numbers of daily infections.Friday's nationwide tally eclipsed the previous record of about 255,000 cases logged Thursday and came as Japan grapples with a seventh wave of the COVID-19 pandemic propelled by the highly transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant.Of Friday's cases, 27,676 were in Tokyo, 22,798 i…READ FULL ARTICLE