THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 7, 2020 at 17:55 JST
A woman wearing a face mask walks in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on Oct. 7. (AP Photo)
Tokyo reported 142 new COVID-19 cases on Oct. 7, the second consecutive daily tally over 100, with younger generations again accounting for the bulk of the infections, metropolitan government officials said.
The capital confirmed 177 novel coronavirus infections on Oct. 6.
Of the 142 new cases, 30 patients, the highest number, were in their 30s, followed by 28 in their 20s, 27 in their 50s, and 21 in their 40s. Twenty-six people aged 65 or older also tested positive.
The metropolitan government said the number of serious cases requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, was 24, down by one from the previous day.
It normally takes about three days for the results of polymerase chain reaction tests to be confirmed and compiled by the Tokyo metropolitan government.
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