A miko, or shrine maiden, wearing a protective mask walks though the Kanda Myojin shrine on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

       TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced 19 coronavirus cases in the capital on Dec. 4, following 11 new infections the previous day.

       Tokyo recorded a total of 562 coronavirus infections in November for an average of 18.7 cases per day, far below the 2,176 total cases in October (an average of 70.2 cases per day) and September's 31,929 total cases (an average of 1,064.3 per day).

       By Dec. 3, 3,168 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 382,240 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Dec. 3, there were 72 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, two with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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