People wearing face masks walk on a street in Tokyo, on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 64 new coronavirus infections on Dec. 30, following 76 new cases the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced.

       There were 278 coronavirus infections in the fourth week of December in Tokyo, or an average of 39.7 cases per day. The daily average by week has been steadily moving upward since the beginning of the month -- 15.9 in the first week, 18.1 in the second and 27 in the third.

       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. 29, 3,175 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 383,020 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Dec. 29, there were 206 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, one with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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