People in yukatas, or traditional summer kimonos, stroll at Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

       TOKYO -- The Japanese capital recorded 36 COVID-19 cases on Oct. 19, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, the 11th day in a row it has seen under 100 cases.

       Tokyo saw 29 cases on Oct. 18.

       In the first week of October, Tokyo averaged 154.3 new infections per day. The figure dropped to 77.1 in the second week. The capital recorded 31,842 total coronavirus cases in September, for an average of 1,061.4 cases per day, down sharply from the 125,606 total infections -- an average of 4,051.8 cases per day -- tallied in August.

       By Oct. 18, 3,095 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 377,264 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Oct. 18, there were 326 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 31 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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