Tokyo Reports 5,621 New Coronavirus Cases On Sunday
Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say they confirmed 5,621 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday. That's down 2,456 from a week ago.
The seven-day average through Sunday is 5,972.4, or 71.3 percent of the figure for the preceding week.
Nine people died after contracting the virus.
The number of patients with serious COVID-19 symptoms who are using ventilators or ECMO heart-lung machines rose to 16, up one from Saturday.
As of 6 p.m. on Sunday, officials had counted 46,788 new infections nationwide. Forty-nine people died, and 239 patients are seriously ill.