A man walks past a public awareness promoting protective masks and washing hands to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

       TOKYO -- The Japanese capital registered 267 COVID-19 cases on Sept. 29, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, marking the 14th day in a row under 1,000 new cases.

       Tokyo recorded a total of 248 new positive cases on Sept. 28.

       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. 28, a total of 2,891 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 375,198 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Sept. 28, there were 1,266 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 117 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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