THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 25, 2021 at 18:05 JST
A sign announces the closure of the Omotesando Hills commercial complex in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on April 25, the first day of a new state of emergency for the capital. (Wataru Sekita)
Tokyo confirmed 635 fresh COVID-19 cases on April 25, the first day of a new state of emergency for the capital and 92 more than the previous Sunday, metropolitan health officials said.
The daily average over the week through April 25 came to 727.1, an increase of 24 percent from the preceding week.
Of the 635 new infections, patients in their 20s led all age groups at 182, followed by 117 in their 30s, 91 in their 50s and 83 in their 40s. Patients aged 65 or older totaled 67.
Serious cases of patients requiring ventilators or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device, which circulates blood through an artificial lung, stood at 50 on April 25, one less than the day before.
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