THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 30, 2021 at 17:43 JST
People wearing face masks walk by an Olympics-themed sign supported by a securities firm in Tokyo on Jan. 29. (AP Photo)
Tokyo confirmed 769 fresh daily cases of COVID-19 on Jan. 30, down 99 from the previous day.
Metropolitan government officials said 141 patients had serious symptoms that require ventilators or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device, which circulates blood through an artificial lung. The figure was a decrease of six from the previous day.
Of the total new cases, 145 patients were in their 20s, 130 in their 30s, 102 in their 40s and 117 in their 50s. Officials said 168 patients were aged 65 or older.
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