People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on the leaves of ginko trees in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

       TOKYO -- The Japanese capital recorded 29 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 15, after reporting 24 the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced.

       Tokyo recorded 127 new coronavirus infections in the second week of December, or 18.1 per day on average, up slightly from 15.9 in the first week. The Japanese capital saw a total of 562 coronavirus infections in November for an average of 18.7 cases per day, far below the 2,176 total cases in October (an average of 70.2 cases per day) and September's 31,929 total cases (an average of 1,064.3 per day).

       By Dec. 14, 3,172 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 382,442 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Dec. 14, there were 88 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, four with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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