Commuters move along a crowded train station platform in Tokyo on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, the morning after a strong earthquake shook the Tokyo area Thursday night. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

       TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported a total of 138 coronavirus infections in the Japanese capital on Oct. 8, the seventh day in a row the daily figure has fallen below 200.

       Tokyo recorded 143 new positive cases on Oct. 7.

       In the first week of October, Tokyo saw an average of 154.3 new infections per day. The capital recorded 31,842 total coronavirus cases in September, for an average of 1,061.4 cases per day, down sharply from the 125,606 total infections -- an average of 4,051.8 cases per day -- tallied in August.

       By Oct. 7, 2,994 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 376,634 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Oct. 7, there were 688 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 70 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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