Photo/Illutration The Tokyo metropolitan government building and other high-rise buildings in the capital’s Shinjuku Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

The number of newly confirmed COVID-19 patients totaled 212 in Tokyo on Aug. 23, the fourth consecutive day that more than 200 cases have been logged in the capital, metropolitan health officials said.

Sixty-six of the patients were in their 20s, while 43 were in their 30s, accounting for 51 percent of the new cases.

They were followed by 29 people in their 40s, 28 in their 50s, 19 in their 60s, seven in their 90s and six in their 70s.

Five patients were under the age of 10 and another five were teenagers. The remaining four were in their 80s.

The report on Aug. 23 basically reflect the positive results of the tests conducted on Aug. 20 when 4,141 tests were performed, according to preliminary figures released by Tokyo officials.

The 4,141 tests were about 2,700 fewer than during the peak of testing on Aug. 11.

The number of patients hospitalized in serious condition is surging.

The count stood at 39 on Aug. 23, up by two from the day before, compared to 15 on Aug. 1.

Seriously ill patients are defined as those on a ventilator or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO lung bypass machine, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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