People walk along the sidewalk as the sun sets in the Aoyama area of Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2021. Restrictions on dining out and other everyday activities have been eased after the country's daily coronavirus cases reached their lowest levels in more than a year and more than 70% of Japan's population is vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital registered 31 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 11, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced.

       The capital reported 25 cases the previous day.

       In the first week of November, Tokyo saw a daily average of 20.14 infections. The capital registered 2,176 total COVID-19 cases in October for an average of 70.2 cases per day, a steep drop from September's 31,842 total cases (an average of 1,061.4 per day) and the 125,606 infections (an average of 4,051.8 per day) tallied in August.

       By Nov. 10, 3,157 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 381,900 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Nov. 10, there were 118 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 10 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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