Japans number of daily COVID-19 cases stood at 22,045 on Friday, surpassing 20,000 for the first time since Sept. 1, according to data compiled from reports by prefectural governments.<\/p>\n
The data also showed that it took only two days to reach the current level after surpassing 10,000 daily infections nationwide.<\/p>\n
Tokyo logged 4,051 new cases on Friday, topping 4,000 for the first time since late August, while Osaka Prefecture reported 2,826 cases.<\/p>\n
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said that he is considering asking the central government to impose a quasi-state of emergency in the western prefecture if its occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients, which stood at 21.5 percent as of Friday, reaches 35 percent.<\/p>\n
Okinawa Prefecture marked 1,596 infections on Friday and has been under a quasi-state of emergency since last Sunday.<\/p>\n
A quasi-emergency enables governors to request dining establishments to shorten business hours and stop serving alcohol.<\/p>\n
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