THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 20, 2020 at 17:57 JST
Tourists board a bus bound for the Ikaho and Kusatsu hot spring resorts in Gunma Prefecture at a bus terminal in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on June 20. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Tokyo confirmed 39 fresh COVID-19 infections on June 20, the third consecutive day of cases topping the 30 mark, sources said.
The capital reported 35 new infections on June 19 and 41 on June 18.
On June 17, the figure was 16, falling below 20 for the first time in a week.
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