Photo/Illutration A large display in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward shows Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announcing on Sept. 28 that the COVID-19 state of emergency would be lifted for the entire nation by the end of the month. (Hiroyuki Yamamoto)

On the eve of the COVID-19 state of emergency expiring, novel coronavirus cases in Tokyo fell by about half from the week before as metropolitan government officials confirmed 267 cases on Sept. 29.

That was a decrease of 270 cases from the previous Wednesday.

Sept. 29 marked the 38th consecutive day the daily figure of new cases in the capital fell under that of the same day of the previous week.

There were also 17 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Tokyo.

For the week ending Sept. 29, the daily average of new cases in the capital was 302.3, which was 51.2 percent of the figure for the previous week.

There were 107 patients with symptoms serious enough to require a ventilator or other equipment to breathe. The figure was a decrease of 10 from the previous day.

Of the latest cases, 63 patients were in their 30s, 60 in their 20s, 39 in their 40s and 29 in their 50s. There were also 22 between ages 10 and 19 as well as 28 aged 65 and older.

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