THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 23, 2022 at 18:15 JST
Visitors wearing face masks walk under plum trees at a park in Tokyo on Feb. 21. (AP Photo)
Tokyo metropolitan government officials reported 14,567 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 23, down from 17,331 infections confirmed on the previous Wednesday.
The daily average of new cases for the week ending Feb. 23 was 13,608.4, or 90.2 percent of the average for the previous week.
There were 80 COVID-19 patients with symptoms serious enough to require the use of a ventilator or other breathing equipment. The figure was a decrease of two from the previous day.
As of Feb. 21, 36.3 percent of the hospital beds set aside for patients with serious symptoms were in use in the capital.
Of the latest cases, 2,895 patients were under 10, 2,389 were in their 40s, 2,297 were in their 30s, 1,874 in their 20s and 1,833 were between 10 and 19. There were also 1,440 patients aged 65 or older.
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