People wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus are seen during a New Year's visit to a shrine in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 4, 2022. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 151 new coronavirus infections on Jan. 4, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced.

       The infections followed 103 new cases the previous day, the first time in about three months that the daily tally had topped 100.

       There were 923 coronavirus infections in December in Tokyo, or an average of 29.8 cases per day. The capital saw a total of 562 COVID-19 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 Jan. 3, 3,175 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 383,495 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Jan. 3, there were 263 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, one with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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