
TOKYO: Japan confirmed 55,328 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a decrease of about 8,300 from a week before.
The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms fell by 48 from Friday to 1,204, while 141 new deaths were confirmed.
In Tokyo, 9,164 new COVID-19 cases were reported, a decline of about 1,600 from a week before.
The seven-day average of new cases in the Japanese capital fell 20.4 pct from a week before to 8,874.1. The number of patients with severe symptoms rose by four from Friday to 62.
JIJI Press