TOKYO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Japan's western prefecture of Osaka expects to record about 1,700 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, roughly tripling from a day earlier in their first rise beyond 1,000 since mid-September, public broadcaster NHK said.
The prefecture had 613 cases on Tuesday, NHK added. (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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