The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building (Mainichi/Makoto Ogawa)

       TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported a total of 82 new coronavirus cases in the Japanese capital on Oct. 9, the eighth day straight under 200.

       Tokyo recorded 138 new positive cases on Oct. 8.

       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. 8, 3,012 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 376,716 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Oct. 8, there were 644 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 68 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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