Photo/Illutration People wearing masks to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus wait for a train on a station platform on Feb. 15 in Tokyo. (AP Photo)

Tokyo logged 15,525 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 15, 1,588 fewer than the previous Tuesday, marking the seventh straight day of decline from the same day a week ago, metropolitan health officials said.

That brought the daily average of new cases over the week through Feb. 15 in the capital to 15,219.4, representing 81.9 percent of the figure for the preceding week.

Tokyo officials also reported 16 deaths linked to COVID-19. The 16 people were men or women in their 50s to 90s.

Of the 15,525 new cases, 768 were diagnosed with COVID-19 by doctors without undergoing tests. The patient age group in which the most new cases occurred is the 40s with 2,741 cases, followed by 2,635 cases among people in their 30s.

In children aged 9 or younger, 2,439 new cases were found, along with 2,243 in patients in their 20s. For younger people aged 10 from 19, 1,878 new cases were reported, as well as 1,682 cases in people in their 50s and 1,462 cases in patients aged 65 or older.

The occupancy rate of hospital beds set aside for COVID-19 patients in the capital stood at 58.8 percent as of Feb. 14. 

The occupancy rate of hospital beds designated for seriously ill coronavirus patients was 29.2 percent on Feb. 14. The Tokyo metropolitan government has decided that it would consider asking the central government to declare a state of emergency for the capital if this rate reaches 30 to 40 percent.

The percentage of COVID-19 patients in the capital who need oxygen to be administered was 15.3 percent as of Feb. 14.

The number of serious cases rose by three from the previous day to 77. The Tokyo metropolitan government defines patients in serious condition as those requiring ventilators or ECMO heart-lung bypass machines.

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