THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 2, 2020 at 18:05 JST
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike asks residents in the capital to frequently ventilate rooms to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infections at a news conference on Oct. 2. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
Tokyo reported 196 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Oct. 2, its daily count continuing to hover around 200 since Sept. 29.
The Tokyo metropolitan government called on residents to remain vigilant against the virus and take measures to prevent infections.
The most new cases in the capital, 48, were people in their 20s. Forty-seven were in their 30s, 25 in their 40s, and 21 in their 50s.
Seventeen people newly infected were in their 60s, 12 in their 70s, six in their 80s and two in their 90s.
Eleven teenagers also tested positive for the virus, along with seven children under the age of 10.
The metropolitan government said the number of serious cases requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, stood at 22 on Oct. 2, the same as the day before.
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