THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 6, 2021 at 18:05 JST
A large display shows Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announcing an extension of the state of emergency for the novel coronavirus pandemic on Feb. 2. (Koichi Ueda)
For the ninth straight day, Tokyo reported less than 1,000 fresh COVID-19 cases.
Metropolitan government officials said Feb. 6 that 639 new cases had been confirmed.
Of that number, 128 were in their 20s, 97 in their 30s, 86 in their 40s and 71 in their 50s. A total of 182 were aged 65 or older.
There were also 114 COVID-19 patients with serious symptoms, a decrease of three from the previous day.
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