As Of April 15, 2022: Tokyo Reports 6,768 New Coronavirus Cases; Nationwide Tally 49,761
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The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 6,768 new coronavirus cases, down 1,772 from Thursday and down 1,344 from last Friday.
By age group, 1,364 cases were in their 20s, 1,334 in their 30s, and 1,113 in their 40s, while 826 were aged between 10 and 19, and 1,015 younger than 10.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 20, down one from Thursday, health officials said. The nationwide figure is 230, down 237 from Thursday.
Nationwide, the number of reported cases was 49,761. After Tokyo, the prefectures with the most cases were;
- Kanagawa (3,932)
- Osaka (3,692)
- Saitama (3,024)
- Hokkaido (2,605)
- Fukuoka (2,577)
- Aichi (2,531)
- Chiba (2,311)
- Hyogo (2,287)
- Okinawa (1,530)
- Ibaraki (1,318)
- Hiroshima (1,190)
- Kyoto (921)
- Shizuoka (919)
- Nagano (830)
- Niigata (772)
- Okayama (739)
- Kumamoto (713)
- Tochigi (650)
- Gifu (636)
- Miyazaki (635)
- Mie (631)
- Kagoshima (628)
- Fukushima (595)
- Nagasaki (524)
- Miyagi (507)
- Saga (492)
- Aomori (479)
- Gunma (478)
- Nara (437)
- Oita (421)
- Shiga (415)
- Akita (362)
- Ishikawa (340)
- Ehime (330)
- Wakayama (327)
- Iwate (302)
- Yamaguchi (249)
- Yamagata (215)
- Fukui (215)
The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported nationwide was 62.
