The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed Thursday that 1,027 people had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
It was the first time the daily figure had exceeded 1,000 in nearly three months, or since Jan. 28 when 1,065 people were reported as having tested positive for the virus.
According to the metropolitan government, the daily average in the past seven days was 782.1, an increase of 14.3% from the previous week, when it was 684.1.
The number of seriously ill COVID-19 patients increased by five to 58.
-- Highest death toll in Osaka
A record 44 people died from COVID-19 on Thursday in Osaka Prefecture, according to the Osaka prefectural government. The prefecture also confirmed that 1,171 people newly tested positive for the virus on the day.
In Aichi Prefecture, 431 people were confirmed as having tested positive for the virus on Thursday. This equals the record for the most in a single day in that prefecture.
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