
TOKYO: Tokyo confirmed 3,616 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, up by some 1,450 from a week earlier and marking a week-on-week increase for the 15th straight day.
One new death linked to the novel coronavirus was reported in the Japanese capital.
The seven-day average of new infection cases rose 50 pct from a week before to 2,945.9, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.
The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms under Tokyo’s criteria came to five, up by one from Friday.
JIJI Press