Photo/Illutration People take pictures of the new National Stadium, where the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics will be held on the evening of July 23. (Wataru Sekita)

Tokyo confirmed 1,359 new COVID-19 cases on July 23, up 88 from the same day a week ago, according to metropolitan government officials.

The latest figure marked the 34th consecutive day for the daily count of new infections in Tokyo to exceed that of the previous week.

The latest tally brought the daily average of new infection cases in the capital over the week through July 23 to 1,386, or 146.5 percent of the figure for the preceding week.

The number of serious cases in the capital requiring ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as an ECMO lung bypass machine, stood at 68 as of July 23, three more than the previous day.

There was one new death from the disease in the capital.

Of the new infections, patients in their 20s accounted for 492. They were followed by 276 in their 30s, 204 in their 40s and 141 in their 50s. Patients between ages 10 and 19 accounted for 111. Thirty-seven patients were aged 65 or older.

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