THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 20, 2022 at 18:32 JST
Wearing a face mask for protection against the novel coronavirus, a man runs across a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo. (AP Photo)
Tokyo reported 25,277 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus on Aug. 20, an increase of 1,504 over the previous Saturday, as well as 23 related deaths. The fatalities included a child under the age of 10.
For the week ending Aug. 20, the daily average of new COVID-19 cases in the capital came to 25,601.1, or 97.9 percent of the average of the previous week, metropolitan government officials said.
Thirty-six patients were diagnosed with symptoms serious enough to warrant the use of a ventilator or other equipment to breathe. The figure was an increase of two over the previous day.
Meanwhile, daily COVID-19 tally records were set the same day in Okayama and Tottori prefectures in western Japan.
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