THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 16, 2021 at 18:39 JST
People continue to practice social distancing, as they sit in a public area to have lunch in Tokyo on Feb. 16. (AP Photo)
Tokyo confirmed 350 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 16, the 10th consecutive day the case count remained below 500, according to metropolitan government officials.
The latest tally brought the daily average for the week ending Feb. 16 to 369.7 cases, or 69.1 percent of what it was 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 five from the previous day to 92 on Feb. 16, the officials said.
Of the 350 cases, 65 patients were in their 20s, followed by 59 in their 50s, 53 in their 30s and 41 in their 40s. There were 92 patients aged 65 or older.
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