THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 13, 2020 at 18:55 JST
Pedestrians wear face masks in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 12. (Ryo Ikeda)
Tokyo reported 374 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 13, while Hokkaido confirmed a near-record level of new infections with 235.
Hokkaido's daily count included 133 in Sapporo, the capital and largest city on the northernmost main island, local government officials said.
The number in Hokkaido followed the record 236 new cases confirmed the day before and represented the ninth straight day the daily tally has exceeded 100.
In Tokyo, the daily count topped 300 new daily cases for the third consecutive day, according to metropolitan government officials.
One hundred of the 374 new patients are in their 20s, followed by 66 in their 30s and 60 in their 50s. Forty-six people aged 65 or older also tested positive.
The number of serious cases in the capital requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, remained unchanged from the previous day, at 39, the metropolitan government said.
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