THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 15, 2020 at 17:46 JST
The Tokyo metropolitan government building and other high-rise buildings in the capital’s Shinjuku district (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo continued its roller-coaster ride of COVID-19 cases with 191 new patients on Sept. 15, after only 80 new infections were reported the day before, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.
The 80 cases on Sept. 14 marked the first time the count had fallen below 100 in a week, after hitting 276 on Sept. 10.
Of the 191 new cases, 43 patients, the highest number, were in their 20s, followed by 38 in their 30s, 33 in their 40s and 30 in their 50s. Twelve patients each were in their teens and 60s. Eight patients each were in their 70s and 80s. Five patients were under 10 and two were in their 90s.
The number of patients with severe symptoms, who were on a ventilator or on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, an ECMO lung bypass machine, decreased by one from the previous day to 21.
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