THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 3, 2022 at 18:18 JST
A street in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on April 1 where many of the pedestrians appear to be new company employees in brand-new suits (Yosuke Fukudome)
Tokyo reported 7,899 fresh cases of COVID-19 on April 3, up 55 from the previous Sunday.
Metropolitan health officials also announced nine related deaths involving patients in their 60s to 90s.
The seven-day average of new cases over the week through April 3 stood at 7,630.3, up 18 percent from the figure for the preceding week, the officials said.
The tally marked the sixth consecutive day for the seven-day average to record a rise.
Of the newly confirmed cases, 1,689 involved patients in their 20s. They were followed by 1,370 patients in their 30s, 1,282 in their 40s and 1,263 children aged up to 9 years old.
The number of serious cases stood at 31. The metropolitan government defines serious cases as those requiring ventilators or ECMO lung-bypass machines.
Tokyo logs 861 new infections, 2nd day in row above 800
April 22, 2021
Tokyo reports 591 COVID-19 cases, up 36 from a week ago
April 14, 2021
New virus cases in Tokyo at 635, up 92 over week ago
April 25, 2021
Tokyo reports 543 COVID-19 cases, 145 in their 20s
April 18, 2021
Osaka Prefecture reports more than 700 new COVID-19 cases
April 6, 2021
Tokyo reports 729 new COVID-19 cases, highest in 2 months
April 15, 2021
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
