THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 20, 2021 at 16:12 JST
Few visitors are seen in Tokyo’s Sugamo district, a popular hangout for elderly people, on Jan. 15, a sea change from the crowd a year ago shown on the smartphone screen. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Tokyo confirmed 1,274 new cases of novel coronavirus infections on Jan. 20, up from 1,240 on the previous day, and remaining above 1,000 for the eighth consecutive day.
A record 160 patients were listed in serious condition, an increase of five from the previous day, metropolitan government officials said.
Tokyo defines serious cases as those requiring a ventilator or a machine called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which circulates blood through an artificial lung.
The capital is under a state of emergency declaration, scheduled to be in place until Feb. 7.
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