THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 14, 2021 at 18:15 JST
A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rides a bicycle in the rain on June 14 in Tokyo. (AP Photo)
Tokyo confirmed 209 new COVID-19 cases on June 14, down 26 from a week earlier, according to metropolitan government officials.
The latest tally brought the daily average for the week in the capital through June 14 to 380.4, or 90 percent of the figure for the preceding week.
The average number of diagnostic tests conducted in Tokyo over the three days through June 13 stood at 4,376.
Three new deaths from the coronavirus were reported in the capital on June 14.
Of the 209 cases, 71 patients were in their 20s, followed by 37 in their 30s, 28 in their 40s and 25 in their 50s. There were 21 patients aged 65 or older.
The number of serious cases in Tokyo requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, dropped by one from the previous day to 46 on June 14, the officials said.
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