Tokyo's COVID-19 cases hit new record 1 month into state of emergency
Daily coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo hit a record 5,773 Friday just over a month since the declaration of the current state of emergency in the capital, the metropolitan government said, and the number of severe cases already at record levels since earlier in the week rose further to 227. Tokyo's tally on Friday of new infections and patients showing severe symptoms topped the previous high of 5,042 logged on Aug. 5 and 218 on Thursday, respectively. Its seven-day rolling average of infections also rose to 4,155.7 per day, up 8.8 percent from the previous week.
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