THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 7, 2021 at 18:16 JST
All the outlets are closed at an underground shopping arcade in Osaka's Kita Ward on April 25, the first day of the third state of emergency over the novel coronavirus for Osaka Prefecture. (Jin Nishioka)
New deaths from COVID-19 set a grim milestone with a record 50 on May 7 in Osaka Prefecture, six more than the previous daily high on April 29, according to prefectural health officials.
The same day, newly confirmed infections stood at 1,005 in the prefecture, the first time the daily count has topped 1,000 in five days. The last time it reached four digits was on May 2 with 1,057 cases.
The accumulated tally of infections and deaths from the novel coronavirus in the prefecture reached 87,716 and 1,655, respectively.
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