THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 29, 2020 at 18:10 JST
An aerial view of central Tokyo (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 212 new novel coronavirus infections on Sept. 29, a significant jump from the previous day when the capital reported 78 new cases.
The daily count of new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo topped 200 for the first time since Sept. 26, when 270 were reported.
It normally takes about three days for the results of polymerase chain reaction tests to be confirmed and compiled by the Tokyo metropolitan government.
Of the new infections confirmed on Sept. 29, 52 patients were in their 20s, 39 were in their 30s, 33 were in their 40s and 31 were in their 50s.
In addition, 18 were in their 70s, 15 were in their 60s, eight were under the age of 10, seven were between age 10 and 19, six were in their 80s and three were in their 90s.
Twenty-three patients were classified as having severe symptoms that require the use of a ventilator or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device, which circulates blood through an artificial lung.
The number was down by three from the previous day.
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