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Tokyo reports 1,592 new coronavirus cases

A man walks past a closed souvenir shop in a passageway to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, usually crowded with tourists, in Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture on January 14, 2021, a day after the country expanded the COVID-19 coronavirus state of emergency to seven more regions and tightened border restrictions. (AFP)
A man walks past a closed souvenir shop in a passageway to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, usually crowded with tourists, in Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture on January 14, 2021, a day after the country expanded the COVID-19 coronavirus state of emergency to seven more regions and tightened border restrictions. (AFP)
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17 Jan 2021 03:01:00 GMT9
17 Jan 2021 03:01:00 GMT9

TOKYO: A total of 1,592 new cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed in Tokyo on Sunday, the metropolitan government said.

The figure is the highest ever for any Sunday. The daily tally in the Japanese capital exceeded 1,000 for the fifth straight day.

People in their 20s made up the largest age group of new cases, at 362, followed by 315 in their 30s, 258 in their 40s and 213 in their 50s. Patients aged 65 or older stood at 250.

The number of severely ill patients, counted under Tokyo’s criteria, increased by two from the previous day to 138.

JIJI Press

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