Tokyo records 143 new cases

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Japan’s capital, Tokyo, has recorded 143 new infections – bringing the city’s total to nearly 8,200, said an NHK report.

In a statement on Twitter, the city’s governor said that 70% of the new cases were people in their 20s and 30s.

Many of the infections have been traced to the city’s nightlife district, with the most recent cluster being a theatre in central Tokyo.

Around 800 people who attended a production in early July at the Theatre Moliere have been asked by officials to take a virus test.