THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 9, 2021 at 17:10 JST
A health center hall is used to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Jan. 27. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo confirmed 412 new novel coronavirus infections on Feb. 9, putting the average daily number of new cases for the past week at 534.7, or 71.2 percent of the figure for the previous week.
The Feb. 9 figure marks the 12th straight day for the tally to drop below 1,000, metropolitan government officials said.
They said 115 of the new COVID-19 patients were 60 or older, 76 were in their 20s, 67 in their 30s, 62 in their 40s, and 58 in their 50s.
The number of patients in serious condition was 104, unchanged from the previous day.
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