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TOKYO, Aug 3 (KUNA) -- Japan reported 589 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, bringing the nation's total number to 39,845, the health ministry and local authorities said.
Tokyo confirmed 258 new infections, topping 200 for the seventh straight day, which brought the total cases in the city of about 14 million people to 13,713.
Since the government fully lifted a nationwide state of emergency late May, the number of daily new cases in the country has been on an upward trend, with the hardest-hit Tokyo reporting a total of 6,466 cases in July alone.
The Tokyo metropolitan government maintains its COVID-19 alert level at the highest on a four-tier scale, which means the infections appear to be spreading.
The tallies exclude those who were linked to the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship in February. (end)
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