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Japan logs record daily COVID-19 death toll

Courtesy of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases
The omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is seen in an electron micrograph.

The Yomiuri Shimbun

19:28 JST, August 23, 2022

Japan recorded 340 deaths from the novel coronavirus Tuesday, exceeding the previous record of 327, logged Feb. 22.

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