THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 24, 2021 at 18:09 JST
People wearing face masks walk through an office tower by Umeda train station, one of the major rail terminals in Osaka, western Japan, on April 19. (AP Photo)
For the fifth straight day, Osaka Prefecture confirmed more than 1,000 fresh cases of COVID-19 on April 24 as well as 16 deaths from the disease.
The latest tally of reported infections stands at 1,097.
Prefectural government officials said the fatalities bring the accumulated total in Osaka from COVID-19 to 1,340.
Total cases of the novel coronavirus in the western Japan prefecture come to 74,575.
In neighboring Hyogo Prefecture, government officials reported a record 635 new COVID-19 cases on April 24.
A state of emergency for the novel coronavirus will take effect from April 25 for Osaka and Hyogo along with neighboring Kyoto Prefecture and Tokyo.
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