Tokyo reported 143 new infections from COVID-19 on Sunday — marking another day of record high increases, and bringing the number of total infections in Tokyo to 1,033.
As of Sunday, the WHO reported that Japan has 3,271 cases of COVID-19 with 70 deaths.
Abe reportedly does not plan to order a “lockdown,” and hopes to “maintain economic and social activities as much as possible.”
Health officials are particularly concerned that 64% of the new cases on Sunday, or 92 cases, had no clear infection routes.