THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 29, 2021 at 17:53 JST
Check-in counters at Osaka International Airport on April 29, the first day of the Golden Week holidays (Nobuhiro Shirai)
OSAKA--Osaka Prefecture on April 29 confirmed 1,171 new COVID-19 cases, down 89 from the previous day when a record 1,260 new cases were reported.
The prefecture also logged a record 44 deaths from the disease on the day, topping the previous record of 23 recorded on Jan. 27. There were 14 deaths attributed to COVID-19 on April 28.
The latest figures raised the prefecture’s cumulative number of COVID-19 cases to 80,210 and its death toll to 1,448.
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