The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building (Mainichi/Makoto Ogawa)

       TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced 11 new coronavirus infections in the capital on Dec. 2, following 21 new cases the previous day.

       Tokyo recorded 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. 1, 3,167 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 382,207 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Dec. 1, there were 74 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, four with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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