A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks on a bridge in Tokyo on July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital registered 920 new coronavirus infections on July 7, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported.

       The new cases came after Tokyo recorded 593 infections on July 6. The capital is under quasi-emergency measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections.

       In June, Tokyo recorded a total of 12,979 new coronavirus cases, or an average of 432.6 cases per day, down from the daily average of 705.8 in May. Tokyo saw a monthly high of 39,664 new virus cases in January -- an average of 1,279.5 infections per day, and the highest single-month total since the pandemic began in spring 2020.

       By July 6, a total of 2,241 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo.

       Tokyo has recorded 178,356 infections to date, the most of any of Japan's 47 prefectures. As of July 6, there were 1,677 COVID-19 patients in hospital, 63 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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