THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 14, 2020 at 18:07 JST
Pedestrians wearing protective masks as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a Tokyo shopping street on Oct. 14 (AP Photo)
Tokyo confirmed 177 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus on Oct. 14, up from 166 the day before.
However, serious cases fell by two.
By age, the highest number of cases of infection, 47, were patients in their 20s, followed by 27 individuals in their 40s, 23 in their 30s and 18 in their 50s.
Patients aged 65 or older totaled 40. Sixteen were teenagers.
Serious cases stood at 25, compared with 27 on Oct. 13. Tokyo defines serious cases as patients on a ventilator or on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) lung bypass machine.
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