As of July 27, 2021; Tokyo Logs Record of 2,848 Daily COVID-19 Cases
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported a record 2,848 coronavirus infections in the capital on July 27, exceeding the previous highest figure of 2,520 observed on Jan. 7.
The latest announcement also marks the first time that the capital has topped 2,000 daily infections since Jan. 15, when 2,044 cases were recorded.
The new cases came after Tokyo registered 1,429 infections on July 26. Tokyo remains under a fourth COVID-19 state of emergency as it hosts the Olympic Games.
The capital saw an average of 631.7 coronavirus cases per day in the first week of July. The daily average for the second week rose to 823.3, before jumping to 1,277.6 in the third week. In June, Tokyo recorded a total of 12,979 new coronavirus cases, or a daily average of 432.6, down from the daily average of 705.8 in May.
By July 26, a total of 2,277 people had died of COVID-19 in Tokyo since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020.
Tokyo has recorded 203,568 infections to date, the most of any of Japan’s 47 prefectures. As of July 26, there were 2,717 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, 78 with severe symptoms.
