Coronavirus infections have increased tenfold nationwide in the month since restrictions on domestic travel were lifted, raising concern the mass movement of people is further spreading the virus.
On June 19, the same day the government lifted its request for people to avoid cross-prefecture travel, Japan reported 58 COVID-19 infections, the majority in Tokyo.
On Saturday — nearly a month later — the nation recorded 662 infections, 290 of them in the capital.
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