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Japan recorded 82,260 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, down by about 61,000 from a week before.
By prefecture, the daily total included 6,603 new cases in Tokyo, 5,824 in Osaka, 5,620 in Aichi, 4,396 in Kanagawa and 3,925 in Hyogo.
The death toll from the coronavirus disease climbed by 392 on the day, with 33 new deaths reported in Tokyo, 28 in Osaka and 26 each in Saitama and Fukuoka.
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