THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 23, 2021 at 18:14 JST
Pedestrians cross a street on June 22 in Tokyo. (AP Photo)
Tokyo confirmed 619 new COVID-19 cases on June 23, up 118 from a week earlier, and 10 new deaths from the virus, according to metropolitan government officials.
The number of new cases topped 600 for the first time since May 28, when 614 cases were reported.
The latest tally brought the daily average for the week in the capital through June 23 to 422.7 cases, or 109.9 percent of the figure for the preceding week.
The average number of administrative tests conducted in Tokyo over the three days through June 22 stood at 6,773.7.
Of the 619 new cases, 165 patients are in their 20s, followed by 129 in their 30s, 101 in their 40s and 82 in their 50s. There are 27 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, fell by one from the previous day to 44 on June 23, the officials said.
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