THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 25, 2021 at 19:00 JST
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus shop around at the Kuromon Ichiba market in Osaka, western Japan, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo)
OSAKA--Osaka Prefecture reported 21 deaths from COVID-19 on April 25 as its daily count of new cases of infection from the novel coronavirus topped 1,000 for the sixth consecutive day, health officials said.
The latest count of 1,050 fresh infections brought the accumulated total in the prefecture to 75,625.
Accumulated deaths in the prefecture stood at 1,361 as of April 25. The 21 deaths were the second highest reported in a single day since 23 recorded on Jan. 27.
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