Photo/Illutration An aerial view of central Tokyo (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Tokyo registered 146 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Oct. 11, the first day the daily count has dropped below 200 since Oct. 7.

That marked more than 100 fewer than Oct. 10, when 249 cases were reported.

By age group, patients in their 20s formed the largest group, at 38, followed by those in their 30s, at 34, and those in their 40s, at 23.

Eighteen patients were in their 50s, while those 65 or older totaled 14.

The number of serious cases stood at 24, unchanged from the day before. Serious cases referred to patients on a ventilator or on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, an ECMO lung bypass machine.