THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 16, 2020 at 17:34 JST
Pedestrians wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus walk across an intersection near Tokyo Station on Nov. 12. (AP Photo)
Tokyo confirmed 180 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 16, the highest level for a Monday since early August, according to metropolitan government officials.
The last Monday the tally topped 180 was Aug. 10, when 197 new cases were reported.
Fewer new cases are usually reported on Mondays than other days of the week as the numbers reflect infections confirmed about three days earlier, close to the weekend, when fewer people tend to be tested for the virus.
Thirty-nine new patients are in their 20s, followed by 34 in their 30s, 30 in their 40s and 28 in their 50s. Twenty-five people aged 65 or older also tested positive.
The capital's number of serious cases requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, rose by two from the previous day to 40, the metropolitan government said.
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