Tokyo Virus Cases Jump to 55 With Workplace Clusters in Focus
- Tokyo has more than 50 cases in a day for first time since May
- Large number of cases reported at workplaces, Koike says
People in masks walk through Shibuya, Tokyo on June 23.
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Coronavirus cases spiked in Tokyo on Wednesday, with workplaces coming under the spotlight as the latest source of infection clusters.
The city had 55 new infections, public broadcaster NHK reported. That’s the most in a single day since May 5, when the city was still under a state of emergency.