1,274 new cases of coronavirus have been identified in Tokyo; 5,5211 national counts.
On Wednesday, the Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 1,274 new coronavirus cases, up 34 from Tuesday. The tally took the cumulative total for Tokyo to 89,188.
The number (643 males and 631 females) is the product of 2,670 tests performed on 17 January.
The majority of cases were individuals in their 20s by age group (272), followed by 213 in their 30s, 211 in their 40s, 163 in their 50s, 118 in their 60s, 77 in their 70s and 67 in their 80s. Health officials have said 113 cases were younger than 20 (40 of whom were younger than 10).
Health officials said the number of infected individuals hospitalized with serious symptoms in Tokyo is 160, up five from Tuesday. 1014 is the number nationally.
The number of confirmed cases nationally was 5,521. Kanagawa (716), Osaka (506), Saitama (411), Chiba (397), Hyogo (296), Fukuoka (277), Aichi (246), Hokkaido (164), Kyoto (123), Okinawa (111), Ibaraki (85), Shizuoka (76), Hiroshima (57), Gifu (55), Gunma (52), Nagano (49), Miyagi (45), and Tochigi (45) were the prefectures with the largest number of cases after Tokyo (44).
Ninety-two deaths due to the coronavirus have been confirmed nationally.
Source: Japan Today
