Visitors walk at the observatory at Tokyo Tower, one of the capital's travel attractions, on Nov. 11, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 22 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 12, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced.

       The capital reported 31 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. 11, 3,158 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 381,922 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Nov. 11, there were 115 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, nine with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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