Tokyo reports 20 new coronavirus Cases

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Twenty new cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed in Tokyo on Sunday, up 11 from a week earlier, the metropolitan government said.

No new death was reported among COVID-19 patients in the Japanese capital.

According to the metropolitan government, the daily total of new infection cases averaged 16.3 in the week to Sunday, up 15.6% from a week before.

The number of patients with severe symptoms counted under Tokyo’s criteria remained unchanged from the previous day at two.