Photo/Illutration Pedestrians in Tokyo’s Asakusa district hold parasols under the strong sun on May 29. (Tatsuya Shimada)

Tokyo confirmed 2,335 new COVID-19 cases on June 2, down 1,056 from a week ago, marking the 20th straight day of a week-on-week decline.

The deaths of five patients in their 40s to 90s were also reported in the capital.

The daily average of new cases over the week through June 2 in Tokyo was 2,261.3, or 68.9 percent of the average for the preceding week.

People in their 20s represented the largest age group of the new patients, at 489, followed by 465 in their 30s, 367 in their 40s, 348 under 10, and 246 between 10 and 19.

Additionally, 146 people aged 65 or older tested positive.

The occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in Tokyo was 18.3 percent, while 3 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 lung bypass machines.

Their number dropped by two from the previous day to one on June 2.

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