NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said Thursday the number of daily coronavirus cases in the southern Japanese prefecture is expected to rise sharply to around 980 from 623 cases a day earlier, and that the local government has decided to request a quasi-state of emergency be declared.
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