People wearing face masks are reflected on a pond at a traditional Japanese garden at Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden, in Tokyo, on Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

       TOKYO -- The Japanese capital registered 1,004 coronavirus infections on Sept. 14, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced.

       Tokyo reported 611 new positive cases on Sept. 13. The capital remains under a fourth state of emergency as it battles a fifth wave of coronavirus cases.

       Tokyo saw an average of 2,231 new cases per day in the first week of September. 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. 13, a total of 2,678 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 366,283 infections to date, the most of any of Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Sept. 13, there were 3,467 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 225 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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