
TOKYO: Japan confirmed 60 new COVID-19 cases and one fresh death on Monday.
Of the country’s 47 prefectures, 33 reported no new infection cases, including Kyoto and Hyogo. The number of seriously ill COVID-19 patents in the country was unchanged from Sunday at 29.
In Tokyo, seven new infection cases were confirmed, down by one from a week before and below 30 for 25 days in a row.
No new COVID-19 fatality was reported in the Japanese capital. The seven-day average of new positive cases rose 11.8 pct week on week to 16.1.
The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms under the Tokyo metropolitan government’s criteria rose by one from Sunday to three.
JIJI Press