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Tokyo [Japan], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan on Tuesday confirmed 2,431 new daily COVID-19 infections, bringing the nation s cumulative total to 184,732, not including those related to a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo earlier this year.
Tokyo, the hardest hit by the virus among all of Japan s 47 prefectures, reported 460 new cases, bringing its total number of infections to 47,990.
The second hardest-hit area by the virus, the western prefecture of Osaka, added 306 new cases on Tuesday to a total of 25,420 infections, the latest figures showed.
On Tuesday in Osaka, a special facility to take care of those with serious symptoms of COVID-19 opened, where members of Japan s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) will help take care of patients.
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