People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on the street in Tokyo on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 2,198 new coronavirus infections on Jan. 12, after recording 962 cases the previous day, the metropolitan government announced.

       It was the first time since September 2021, during the fifth wave of infections in the capital, for Tokyo to record more than 2,000 cases in a single day.

       During the first week of January, Tokyo registered an average of 338.5 infections per day, a jump from the daily average of 29.8 cases in December 2021. The capital saw a total of 562 COVID-19 infections in November for an average of 18.7 cases per day, 2,176 total cases in October (an average of 70.2 cases per day), and 31,929 total cases in September (an average of 1,064.3 per day).

       By Jan. 11, 3,175 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020. No COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the city since Dec. 22, 2021.

       Tokyo has recorded 391,926 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Jan. 11, there were 862 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, four with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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