THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 12, 2021 at 18:28 JST
A security guard works on his daily routine of lowering the Japanese flag at the Tokyo Tower in Tokyo on June 11. (AP Photo)
Tokyo reported eight new deaths from COVID-19 on June 12 and 467 fresh cases of novel coronavirus infection, an increase of 31 from the previous Saturday.
The daily average of new infection cases for the week until June 12 came to 390.9, or 88.8 percent of the figure for the previous week, metropolitan government officials said.
The three-day average of those taking government administered tests for COVID-19 came to 6,649.3 as of June 11.
Among the latest cases, 160 patients were in their 20s, 87 in their 30s, 68 in their 40s and 50 in their 50s. Thirty-two patients were aged 65 or older.
The metropolitan government also said 46 COVID-19 patients had serious symptoms requiring a ventilator or other equipment. The figure was a decrease of five from the previous day.
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