THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 5, 2022 at 17:59 JST
Pedestrians carrying umbrellas walk across an intersection in the rain in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on April 4. (AP Photo)
Tokyo logged 6,968 new COVID-19 cases on April 5, down 878 from the previous Tuesday, marking a drop in cases from the same day a week ago for the second consecutive day.
Nine patients in their 60s to 90s died of causes related to COVID-19 in the capital, authorities said.
The daily average of new cases over the week through April 5 in Tokyo was 7,482, or 104.2 percent of the average for the preceding week.
The figure has exceeded 100 percent for the eighth consecutive day.
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