High-rise buildings are seen in the heart of Tokyo, with the Imperial Palace in the foreground, in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter in the capital's Chiyoda Ward. (Mainichi/Kentaro Ikushima)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 390 new coronavirus infections on Jan. 5, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, after the capital registered 151 infections the previous day.

       There were 923 coronavirus infections in December in Tokyo, or an average of 29.8 cases per day. The capital saw a total of 562 COVID-19 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 Jan. 4, 3,175 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 383,885 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Jan. 4, there were 314 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, two with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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