THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 8, 2021 at 16:49 JST
A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks under an expressway on Feb. 8 in Tokyo. (AP Photo)
Tokyo confirmed 276 new novel coronavirus infections on Feb. 8, the first time in two months that the count dropped below 300, and the 11th consecutive day that cases have remained below 1,000.
The capital logged 299 cases on Dec. 7, at that time marking the first time it had dipped below 300 since Nov. 24, when 186 new cases were reported.
Metropolitan government officials said the latest figure put the weekly average of new daily cases for the week at 553.3, which was 68 percent of the previous week.
Officials said 54 patients were in their 20s, 41 in their 30s, 20 in their 40s and 36 in their 50s. A total of 97 were aged 65 or older.
They added that serious cases numbered 104, a decrease of seven from the previous day.
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