Photo/Illutration A group of new business recruits wearing masks walk along a sidewalk before entering an office building in Tokyo on April 1. (AP Photo)

Tokyo reported 4,384 new cases of COVID-19 on April 4, down 160 from the previous Monday.

Metropolitan health officials also announced seven related deaths involving patients in their 70s or older. 

The seven-day average of new cases over the week through April 4 in the capital stood at 7,607.4, or 115.9 percent of the average for the preceding week.

The figure has exceeded 100 percent for the seventh consecutive day.

Of the 4,384 new cases, people in their 20s represented the largest age group of new patients, at 916.

They were followed by 762 patients in their 30s, 703 in their 40s, 685 aged 9 or younger, and 596 aged 10 to 19.

Of the 4,384 new cases, eight were diagnosed as being infected with the novel coronavirus without being tested.

The occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in Tokyo was 25.5 percent, while 10.2 percent of hospital beds for severely ill patients were filled, officials said.

The metropolitan government said it would consider asking the central government to issue another state of emergency for the capital if the occupancy rate of beds for seriously ill patients reaches between 30 and 40 percent.

The metropolitan government defines seriously ill patients as those requiring ventilators or ECMO heart-lung bypass machines.

The number dropped by two to 29 from April 3.

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