Japan's Osaka prefecture to see about 2,400 new coronavirus cases, governor says - media

Medical workers at Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital work in the operation wing of the hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, Japan May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Akira Tomoshige/Files

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's western prefecture of Osaka expects to record about 2,400 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, local media cited its governor, Hirofumi Yoshimura, as saying.

The prefecture had 1,711 cases on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

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