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Tokyo's daily COVID cases below 1,000 for first time since mid-July
The daily figure was down significantly from the 1,853 cases confirmed Sunday, although infection numbers tend to be lower on Mondays as fewer hospitals and clinics are open on weekends.
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Commuters wear masks at a train station in Tokyo on July 28, 2021, a day after the city reported a record 2,848 new daily cases of Covid-19 coronavirus.
(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)
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okyo confirmed 968 daily coronavirus cases on Monday, marking the first time since July 19 the count has fallen below 1,000, but concerns persist over the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.
The daily figure was down significantly from the 1,853 cases confirmed Sunday, although infection numbers tend to be lower on Mondays as fewer hospitals and clinics are open on weekends.
The seven-day rolling average in Tokyo, which has been under the latest COVID-19 state of emergency for nearly two months, stood at 2,414 per day, down 34.9 percent from the previous week. The number of coronavirus patients with severe symptoms increased by three from the previous day to 267.
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Tokyo saw over 125,600 new coronavirus cases in August, almost triple the previous monthly record infections logged in July.
While new infections have been decreasing in some areas, the country is still struggling to contain surging coronavirus infections and the strain they impose on the medical system in many others.
