THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 24, 2022 at 12:42 JST
Hirokazu Matsuno, the chief Cabinet secretary, gives a news conference on July 22. He was confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus the following day. (Koichi Ueda)
Japan posted an all-time record of 200,975 fresh cases of COVID-19 on July 23, surpassing the 200,000 mark for the first time and making it the fourth consecutive day of a daily high since the pandemic struck in 2020. [Read More]
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