Tokyo confirmed 3,709 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday — the capital’s third-highest daily tally ever — as infections continued to rise nationwide.
The total was 1,500 more than the 2,195 posted the previous day in the capital. It was also up from the 2,848 cases reported a week before, and came as the delta variant of the virus continues to wreak havoc across the country.
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 3,337.4 cases, compared with 1,762.6 a week earlier, while the number of severe COVID-19 cases under the metropolitan government’s criteria fell by two from the previous day to 112. The capital also reported seven deaths linked to the virus.
Elsewhere, hard-hit Okinawa Prefecture confirmed 467 cases — its highest single-day total — while Hokkaido reported 211 infections.
Other prefectures posting single-day records included:
- Gunma Prefecture, with 148 infections
- Niigata Prefecture, with 61 cases
- Fukui Prefecture, with 43 infections
- Saga Prefecture, with 79 cases
On Monday, Osaka and three prefectures neighboring Tokyo joined the capital and Okinawa Prefecture under a coronavirus state of emergency prompted by a nationwide surge in cases.
The country’s fourth state of emergency will run through Aug. 31, while quasi-emergency measures also took effect Monday in Hokkaido, Ishikawa, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures, lasting until the end of the month.
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