A Japanese "chindon-ya" marching band spreads fliers advertising for local businesses in Tokyo, on Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

       TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced 16 new COVID-19 cases in the capital on Nov. 26, after reporting 19 the previous day.

       Tokyo saw a daily average of 20.14 infections in the first week of November. The figure rose slightly to 22 in the second week, then dropped to 16.3 in the third. 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. 26, 3,164 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 382,179 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Nov. 26, there were 72 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, seven with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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