THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 29, 2021 at 18:35 JST
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, third from right, attends a meeting of the metropolitan government’s expert panel monitoring the spread of novel coronavirus infections in the capital on Jan. 28. (Yusuke Nagano)
Tokyo confirmed 868 new COVID-19 cases on Jan. 29, the first time in two days the count fell below 1,000, according to metropolitan government officials.
The last time the capital’s daily tally dropped below the 1,000 mark was Jan. 27, when 973 cases were reported. The count topped 1,000 the following day, with 1,064 cases.
The number of serious cases requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, dropped by three from the previous day to 147 on Jan. 29, the officials said.
Of the 868 new cases in the capital, 172 patients are in their 20s, followed by 140 in their 30s, 119 in their 50s and 112 in their 40s. There were 225 patients aged 65 or older.
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