Tokyo announces 200 coronavirus infections on Oct. 1

TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 200 new COVID-19 cases in the Japanese capital on Oct. 1, the sixth day in a row under 300 infections.

Tokyo recorded a total of 218 new positive cases on Sept. 30. A COVID-19 state of emergency for the capital was lifted on the same day.

Tokyo saw an average of 2,231 new infections per day in the first week of September. The figure dropped to 1,243.7 cases in the second week, 663.9 in the third, and 340.9 in the fourth. The capital recorded a total of 125,606 coronavirus infections in August, or an average of 4,051.8 cases per day, up from the average of 1,420.5 cases in July, when it recorded 44,034 total infections.

By Sept. 30, 2,920 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.

Tokyo has recorded 375,616 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Sept. 30, there were 1,080 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 100 with severe symptoms.

(Mainichi)