Coronavirus: Tokyo facing third wave of ‘unprecedented magnitude’, warns city’s governor

The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 944 cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, marking the second-highest daily tally on record and prompting Governor Yuriko Koike to warn that the capital is facing “a third wave” of infections of an “unprecedented magnitude”.Tokyo had just logged a record 949 infections on December 26, and saw the seven-day rolling average of new cases top 800 for the first time at 815.7.“We are in a very severe and crucial phase,” Koike said at a news conference…

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