New COVID-19 cases top 45,000 in Japan, nearly double from last week

 (Mainichi Japan)

People wearing masks walk in Tokyo's Ginza district on June 25, 2022. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases nearly doubled from a week earlier to over 45,000 in Japan on Wednesday, exceeding the 40,000 mark for the first time since May 18 as the nation's coronavirus infections continue to rebound.

    Higher case counts were reported in all of the 47 prefectures in the country, with cases more than doubling in Tokyo and Osaka and Kanagawa prefectures compared with the week before.