THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 31, 2021 at 17:45 JST
Shibuya Scramble Square, center, and other high-rise buildings in Tokyo on May 26 (Takuya Isayama)
Tokyo confirmed 260 new COVID-19 cases on May 31, the first time the daily count has fallen below 300 since April 5, according to metropolitan government officials.
The latest tally was down 80 from a week earlier and brought the daily average for the week in the capital through May 31 to 547.1 cases, or 85.7 percent of the figure for the preceding week.
One new death from the coronavirus was reported in Tokyo on May 31.
Of the latest 260 cases, 72 patients are in their 20s, followed by 59 in their 30s, 38 in their 40s and 33 in their 50s. There are 24 patients aged 65 or older.
The number of serious cases in the capital requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, dropped by two from the previous day to 75 on May 31, the officials said.
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