THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 24, 2020 at 17:55 JST
Passengers wearing face masks board a Shinkansen train at Tokyo Station on July 23. (Yosuke Fukudome)
Tokyo confirmed 260 new COVID-19 cases on July 24, down from the record 366 set the previous day but still representing the fourth straight day of more than 200 fresh infections, sources said.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike made an emergency appearance at the Tokyo metropolitan government building on July 24, Sports Day, a national holiday, and again urged local residents to refrain from nonessential outings.
The rising number of novel coronavirus infections in July reflects the increase in the number of people taking tests to check for the virus.
July 24 marked the 16th straight day of more than 100 new infections. There have also been 11 days in July with more than 200 newly confirmed cases in the capital.
Tokyo now has confirmed more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases.
The monthly record for cases in Tokyo was broken on July 22, topping the 3,748 infections recorded in April when the nation was still under a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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