Tokyo Skytree in the capital's Sumida Ward is seen in this file photo taken Oct. 17, 2018, from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter. (Mainichi)

       TOKYO -- The Japanese capital recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 14, after reporting seven the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced.

       Tokyo recorded 111 new coronavirus infections in the first week of December, or 15.9 per day on average. The Japanese capital saw a total of 562 coronavirus infections in November for an average of 18.7 cases per day, far below the 2,176 total cases in October (an average of 70.2 cases per day) and September's 31,929 total cases (an average of 1,064.3 per day).

       By Dec. 13, 3,171 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 382,413 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Dec. 13, there were 77 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, four with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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