THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 14, 2020 at 18:50 JST
Masked fans cheer on gymnasts during an international competition held at the Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo on Nov. 8. (Pool)
Tokyo reported more than 300 fresh cases of COVID-19 for the fourth straight day on Nov. 14.
Of the 352 new cases, 103 concerned patients in their 20s, 76 in their 30s, 44 in their 50s and 43 in their 40s. There were 50 new patients aged 65 or older, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.
Forty-one patients were classified as having severe symptoms that require the use of a ventilator or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device, which circulates blood through an artificial lung.
The figure marked an increase of two from the previous day.
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