People wearing face masks ride escalators with banners to promote the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to open on July 23, in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital registered 593 new coronavirus infections on July 6, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported.

       The new cases came after Tokyo recorded 342 infections on July 5. The capital is under quasi-emergency measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections.

       In June, Tokyo recorded a total of 12,979 new coronavirus cases, or an average of 432.6 cases per day, down from the daily average of 705.8 in May. Tokyo saw a monthly high of 39,664 new virus cases in January -- an average of 1,279.5 infections per day, and the highest single-month total since the pandemic began in spring 2020.

       By July 5, a total of 2,240 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo.

       Tokyo has recorded 177,436 infections to date, the most of any of Japan's 47 prefectures. As of July 5, there were 1,674 COVID-19 patients in hospital, 57 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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