
Tokyo confirmed 30,970 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, logging a decrease of 2,496 cases from a week before.
The Japanese capital reported 13 new deaths linked to COVID-19 on the day, while the number of severely ill patients under its criteria fell by one from Friday to 37.
The seven-day average of new cases rose 2.5 percent from a week earlier to 32,479.6.
JIJI Press