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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Okinawa logs over 1,400 cases

At a high school in Naha, students sit separated into small groups as they take a class on Friday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The total number of new novel coronavirus cases in Japan exceeded 6,000 on Friday, for the first time since Sept. 15 last year, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun's tally.

Okinawa Prefecture logged 1,414 cases on Friday, much higher than the 981 logged on Thursday, the previous record daily count for the prefecture.

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