Photo/Illutration People wearing face masks walk across an intersection in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on June 10, 2021. (AP Photo)

Tokyo confirmed 337 new cases of COVID-19 on June 15, 32 fewer than a week ago, metropolitan health officials said.

The capital reported 12 deaths from the virus the same day.

The seven-day infection average over the week through June 15 was 375.9, accounting for 92.1 percent of the figure for the preceding week.

The seven-day average in comparison to the previous week remained between 80 percent and 90 percent until June 12.

But the number topped 90 percent on June 13, indicating the slowing of a trend of declining cases.

The daily average of PCR tests performed in Tokyo over the three days through June 14 was 5,356.3.

Of the 337 new infections, 96 were patients in their 20s, followed by 79 in their 30s, 50 in their 40s and 39 in their 50s. Twenty-seven patients were 65 or older.

Serious cases requiring ventilators or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, an ECMO lung bypass machine, stood at 45, down one from the day before.

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