 Omicron
lurks behind rising infections in Tokyo, new cases most since October
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[January 03, 2022]
TOKYO (Reuters) -The fast spreading Omicron
variant lurked behind rising coronavirus infections in Tokyo, where new
cases rose to 103 on Monday, up from 84 the previous day and the highest
since Oct. 8.
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 Governor Yuriko Koike said Tokyo had 25 cases of Omicron, of which
11 were possibly transmitted within the community, Kyodo News
reported.
Japan is bracing for rising infection numbers due to people
travelling for the New Year's holidays.
In Okinawa, where tourists flock to popular beach resorts, new daily
coronavirus infections rose to 130 on Monday, the highest since
Sept. 25, Kyodo said. As of Monday, Okinawa had registered a total
88 cases of the Omicron variant, it said.
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 Omicron is also spreading in
other prefectures. Kanagawa, a prefecture
neighboring Tokyo, confirmed one case on Monday,
according to Kyodo. Hiroshima in western Japan
confirmed 12 new cases, bring its total cases to
14, the Chugoku Shimbun newspaper reported.
(Reporting by Junko FujitaEditing by Jacqueline
Wong, David Goodman & Simon Cameron-Moore)
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