
A total of 256 people were newly confirmed infected with the novel coronavirus in Tokyo on Sunday, the metropolitan government said.
The daily count in the Japanese capital fell below 300 for the first time in six days. Of the total for Sunday, 52 people are in their 20s, 41 in their 50s, 31 in their 40s and 30 in their 30s. Those aged 65 or over accounted for 68.
The number of coronavirus patients with severe symptoms recognized under Tokyo’s standards stood at 47, unchanged from Saturday.
The seven-day average of new infections in Tokyo came to 301.1, up 7.9 pct from a week before.
In Yamagata Prefecture, 31 people tested positive for the virus on Sunday, a record daily high in the northeastern Japan prefecture.
JIJI Press