Photo/Illutration The Tokyo metropolitan government building in the capital’s Shinjuku Ward (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Tokyo confirmed 2,415 new COVID-19 cases on June 1, down 1,514 from a week ago, marking the 19th straight day of a week-on-week decline.

The deaths of five patients in their 70s to 90s were also reported in the capital.

The daily average of new cases over the week through June 1 in Tokyo was 2,412.1, or 71.1 percent of the average for the preceding week.

People in their 20s represented the largest age group of the new patients, at 478, followed by 434 in their 30s, 391 under 10, 387 in their 40s, 272 between 10 and 19, and 214 in their 50s.

Additionally, 174 people aged 65 or older tested positive.

The occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in Tokyo was 18.3 percent, while 2.5 percent of hospital beds for severely ill patients were filled, officials said.

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

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

Their number remained unchanged from the previous day at three on June 1.

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