A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rests in a park Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 18 new coronavirus infections on Nov. 2, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced.

       The capital reported nine cases the previous day, a record low for the year.

       The capital recorded 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. 1, 3,148 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 381,682 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Nov. 1, there were 126 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 14 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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