THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 10, 2021 at 18:25 JST
Osaka prefectural police officers go on special alert in the vicinity of Tsutenkaku Tower on April 9 as part of pre-emergency measures to deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Ryuta Sometaya)
OSAKA--Osaka Prefecture broke another record for fresh COVID-19 cases on April 10 with prefectural government officials confirming 918 along with seven deaths.
Osaka city has been under a package of pre-emergency measures to deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic since April 5 because of the recent surge in cases.
The seven deaths reported by the authorities bring the prefecture's total to 1,211. There have been 59,398 COVID-19 cases to date in Osaka.
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