1,070 new cases of coronavirus have been identified in Tokyo; 4,7099 nationally.
On Saturday, the Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 1,070 new coronavirus cases, down 105 from Friday. The tally took the cumulative total for Tokyo to 92,904.
The number (570 males and 500 females) is the product of 11,102 tests performed on 20 January.
The highest number of cases by age group is individuals in their 20s (206), followed by 180 in their 40s, 154 in their 50s, 136 in their 30s, 88 in their 60s, 86 in their 70s and 80 in their 80s. Also, health officials said 100 cases were younger than 20 (21 of which were younger than 10).
In Tokyo, the number of infected individuals hospitalized with serious symptoms is 156, down two from Friday, health officials said. 1,009 is the countrywide number.
The number of confirmed cases nationally was 4,709. Osaka (525), Kanagawa (521), Chiba (411), Saitama (325), Aichi (246), Hyogo (225), Fukuoka (214), Hokkaido (138), Ibaraki (132), Kyoto (121), Okinawa (79), Yamaguchi (51), Miyagi (48), Gifu (42) and Tochigi were the prefectures with the largest number of cases after Tokyo (40).
There have been 69 coronavirus-related deaths recorded nationwide.
Source: Japan Today
