
Tokyo confirmed 8,825 new cases of novel COVID-19 infection Thursday, down by some 1,800 from a week before.
In the Japanese capital, 14 new COVID-19 fatalities were reported on the day, while the number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms under its criteria stood at 26, unchanged from Wednesday.
The seven-day average of new infections fell 19.4 pct from a week earlier to 8,700.7.
JJII Press