People wearing masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk across a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

       TOKYO -- Japan's capital recorded 3,124 new coronavirus infections on Jan. 13, after recording 2,198 cases the previous day, the metropolitan government announced.

       It was the first time since September 2021 for Tokyo to record over 3,000 new coronavirus cases in a day. COVID-19 cases have been rising in the capital amid a sixth wave of infections.

       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. 12, 3,175 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in Japan in the spring of 2020.

       Tokyo has recorded 395,050 infections to date, the most among Japan's 47 prefectures. As of Jan. 12, there were 954 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Tokyo, four with severe symptoms.

       (Mainichi)

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