Japan Logs 15,511 New COVID-19 Cases

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Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan confirmed 15,511 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, down by 1,298 from a week before.

The number of severely ill patients fell by nine from Wednesday to 44. New COVID-19 fatalities totaled 20.

In Tokyo, 1,819 new infection cases were reported, down by 57 from a week before.

The seven-day average of new cases in the Japanese capital fell 11.3 pct from a week earlier to 1,570.6. The number of severely ill patients fell by one from Wednesday to zero.

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