People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on a street in Tokyo on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital reported 2,447 coronavirus infections on Aug. 23, exceeding the 2,000 mark for the 28th day in a row.

       Tokyo registered 4,392 new infections on Aug. 22, and remains under a fourth state of emergency as it battles a fifth wave of coronavirus cases.

       In the first week of August, Tokyo recorded an average of 3,893 new cases per day. The figure rose to 4,231.1 in the second week, and 4,719 in the third, up from the daily average of 1,420.5 for the month of July, when the capital registered a total of 44,034 new infections.

       By Aug. 22, a total of 2,379 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 314,709 infections to date, the most of any of Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Aug. 22, there were 3,968 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 271 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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