THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 27, 2021 at 18:42 JST
Pedestrians at Shibuya's Scramble Crossing in Tokyo on June 26 (Sayuri Ide)
Tokyo reported 386 fresh cases of novel coronavirus infection June 27, 10 more than a week ago and the eighth consecutive day for the figure to exceed that of the previous week.
One death from COVID-19 was also confirmed in the capital the same day, metropolitan health officials said.
The seven-day average of new cases over the week through June 27 came to 477.4 in Tokyo, an increase of 23 percent of the figure for the preceding week.
Of the 386 latest cases, 108 patients were in their 20s, followed by 74 in their 30s, 68 in their 40s and 43 in their 50s. Twenty-six patients were aged 65 or older.
Serious cases requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, stood at 37, the same as the day before.
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