Fuji News Network reports with the daily figure in the Japanese capital
The 493 new cases in the past 24 hours beats the previous high of 472 cases on 1 August. As highlighted previously, the virus situation in Japan is picking up again as active cases now surpass 14,000 and closing in on the peak of ~16,000 in mid-August.
Here's a look at the daily case count for the whole country:
As can be inferred from the graph, the 7-day average of new cases in recent days has already broken the high during the supposed August "second wave".
