People wearing face masks walk near a Christmas tree along a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 11 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 20, after reporting 33 infections the day before, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced.

       Reported case numbers typically drop on Mondays, after low testing figures over the weekend, especially on Sundays.

       Tokyo recorded 127 new coronavirus infections in the second week of December, or 18.1 per day on average, up slightly from 15.9 in the first week. The capital saw 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. 19, 3,172 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 382,564 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Dec. 19, there were 96 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, three with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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