Tokyo’s New COVID-19 Infections Hit Highest in 5 Weeks

An advertisement truck, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Government office, displaying messages that warns against the spread of the N501Y mutant COVID-19 strain, drives on the street in Tokyo, Japan on May 14, 2021. Naoki Ogura/File Photo/Reuters

TOKYO—Tokyo reported 716 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, its highest in more than five weeks, as the nation considers extending pandemic restrictions in the capital just weeks before it is to host the Olympics.

Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures are among areas under a quasi-state of emergency set to run through July 11, but Japan may extend the measures by two weeks or more due to a recent uptick in infections.