THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 5, 2021 at 18:30 JST
Visitors arrive at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on June 4, the first time it has opened since December. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
Tokyo confirmed eight deaths from COVID-19 and 436 fresh cases of novel coronavirus infection in the capital on June 5.
Daily average cases of infection for the week ending the same day came to 440.3, or 77.1 percent of the figure for the previous week, metropolitan government officials said.
Of the latest cases, 127 patients were in their 20s, 96 in their 30s, 69 in their 40s and 57 in their 50s. Thirty-two cases involved patients aged 65 or older.
Health officials said 62 patients had serious symptoms requiring a ventilator or other equipment to help them breathe. The figure was unchanged from the previous day.
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