TOKYO — Japan reported 25,742 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, surpassing the 25,000-mark for the first time since Aug. 26, 2021, according to a tally based on data from local governments across the country.
In the last two weeks, the daily count has surged by 50-fold.
Some prefectures logged all-time high numbers of daily cases on Saturday, with Osaka and Okinawa reporting 3,692 and 1,829 cases, respecti