THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 2, 2021 at 16:55 JST
Commuters walk near JR Tokyo Station on Jan. 8. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo confirmed 556 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 2, according to metropolitan government officials.
The daily case number has remained under 1,000 for five consecutive days in the capital.
The number of serious cases in Tokyo with patients requiring ventilators or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device on that day was 129, down four from the previous day.
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