THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 24, 2021 at 18:50 JST
The Shinjuku district where the Tokyo metropolitan government is located (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo reported more new COVID-19 cases than the previous week for the seventh day straight.
Metropolitan government officials said there were 39 fresh cases on Dec. 24, 19 more than the same day a week ago.
For the week ending Dec. 24, the daily average of new cases was 32.3, a 58.3 percent increase from the previous week’s average.
No fatalities from COVID-19 were reported on Dec. 24.
Only two patients have symptoms serious enough to require the use of a ventilator or other equipment to breathe. That figure was unchanged from the previous day.
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