People wearing face masks walk across an intersection in Tokyo, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

       TOKYO -- The Japanese capital recorded 1,915 COVID-19 infections on Aug. 30, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced.

       The capital saw 3,081 new infections on Aug. 29, and remains under a fourth state of emergency as it battles a fifth wave of coronavirus cases. Reported infections tend to drop on Mondays due to low testing figures over the weekend, especially on Sundays.

       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, 4,719 in the third, and dipped slightly to 4,696.1 in the fourth. The daily average in July was 1,420.5, with total new infections reaching 44,034 for the month.

       By Aug. 29, a total of 2,466 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 340,665 infections to date, the most of any of Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Aug. 29, there were 4,251 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 296 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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