Photo/Illutration People crowd in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo on Aug. 6 after electric billboards turned off. (The Asahi Shimbun)

Tokyo confirmed 4,066 fresh cases of novel coronavirus infection on Aug. 8, the fifth straight day for the figure to exceed 4,000 and 1,008 more than the previous Sunday.

The number of patients requiring ventilators or an ECMO lung bypass machine to assist with breathing problems, which metropolitan government officials define as serious cases, increased by one from the day before to 151.

One death was also confirmed due to COVID-19.

The seven-day average of new cases over the week through Aug. 8 came to 4,037, up by 30 percent from a week earlier.

Of the 4,066 latest cases, patients in their 20s accounted for 1,367, more than any age group.

They were followed by 797 patients in their 30s, 682 in their 40s, 475 in their 50s and 353 teenagers. Officials said 130 patients were aged 65 or older, 3.2 percent of the total of new cases.

Osaka prefectural authorities said Aug. 8 that 1,164 new infection cases were confirmed in the prefecture, marking the sixth day in a row for the figure to top 1,000.

The Kyoto prefectural and municipal governments confirmed 333 cases on Aug. 8, surpassing the previous record of 289 reported on Aug. 6.

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