The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. (Mainichi/Makoto Ogawa)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded seven new coronavirus infections on Nov. 15, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, the lowest figure the capital has seen since May 2020.

       The capital reported 22 cases the previous day. Case numbers typically dip on Mondays following low testing figures over the weekend, especially on Sundays.

       In the first week of November, Tokyo saw a daily average of 20.14 infections, rising slightly to 22 in the second week. The capital registered 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. 14, 3,158 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 381,975 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Nov. 14, there were 106 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, 10 with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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