Photo/Illutration A pedestrian crossing in Tokyo on April 22 (AP Photo)

Tokyo confirmed 3,141 new COVID-19 cases on April 25, the first time in a week for the count to fall below 4,000 and the fifth straight decline from the previous day.

Five deaths among patients in their 60s to 90s were reported in the capital.

The daily average of new cases over the week through April 25 in Tokyo was 5,418.9, or 82.5 percent of the average for the preceding week.

One patient was diagnosed as being infected with the novel coronavirus without being tested.

Children under 10 represented the largest age group of the new patients, at 582, followed by 565 in their 30s, 546 in their 20s, 464 between 10 and 19, 454 in their 40s and 265 in their 50s.

Additionally, 181 people aged 65 or older tested positive.

The occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in Tokyo was 24.3 percent, while 5.1 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 a state of emergency for Tokyo if the occupancy rate of beds for seriously ill patients was between 30 and 40 percent.

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

Their number rose by two from April 24 to 16.

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