Photo/Illutration People line up to be seated for a bar in Tokyo on June 2, after the 8 p.m. government-suggested closing time for restaurants, bars and nonessential businesses under the extended state of emergency for the capital. (AP Photo)

Tokyo logged 508 new COVID-19 cases on June 3, 176 fewer than a week ago, metropolitan health officials said.

They reported 16 new COVID-19-related deaths for the same day.

The daily average of new cases over the week through June 3 in the capital was 475.3, accounting for 81.2 percent of the figure for the preceding week.

The three-day average of tests conducted through June 2 was 8,845.

Of the 508 new cases, 135 patients are in their 20s, followed by 108 in their 30s, 81 in their 40s and 76 in their 50s. Forty-seven patients are 65 or older.

The number of serious cases in Tokyo requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, came to 67, which is six fewer than the day before.

In Hokkaido, officials reported 18 deaths from COVID-19 on June 3, the second-largest number for a single day following the 19 recorded on May 31.

This marked the ninth straight day that daily deaths reached into the double digits.

Hokkaido registered 300 new cases, 17 fewer than the number from the previous day.

But health experts say the state of infections remains concerning, with the daily case count reaching 300 or higher for two days in a row.

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