THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 3, 2021 at 17:43 JST
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus walk through a train station in Tokyo on Feb. 3. (AP Photo)
Tokyo confirmed 676 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 3, the sixth day in a row the daily count remained below 1,000, according to metropolitan government officials.
The capital had a daily average of 708.4 new cases over the week through Feb. 3. That is 70 percent of the average of 1,045.6 cases reported over the previous week.
The number of serious cases in Tokyo requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, dropped by four from the previous day to 125 on Feb. 3, the officials said.
Of the 676 cases, 129 patients are in their 20s, followed by 105 in their 30s, 96 in their 40s and 81 in their 50s. There were 171 patients aged 65 or older.
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