The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 232 new cases of the coronavirus, up 111 from Monday.
The number (125 men and 107 women) is the result of 4,067 tests conducted on Feb 27.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 54, down seven from Monday, health officials said. The nationwide figure is 413.
Nationwide, the number of reported cases was 888. After Tokyo, the prefectures with the most cases were Saitama (102), Chiba (87), Kanagawa (84), Osaka (81), Hyogo (44), Aichi (34) and Hokkaido (29).
The number of coronavirus-related deaths reported nationwide was 60.
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William77
Excellent news,and we will hit zero cases just in time for the Olympics.
It’s magic.
cleo
Not much point if the rest of the world is still riding the crest of its third or fourth wave, and athletes from all over are allowed in without vaccination. And if most of us here are still waiting for our vaccinations.
Tokyo SuperSpreader 2021.
Sven Asai
Not so pessimistic, @William77, they’ll probably even manage to produce negative numbers by early summer...lol
gakinotsukai
More tests = more cases ... how surprising ...
kaimycahl
By the end of March the magical numbers will be down to single digits. Its that new math formula Japan is using Itrickonometry.
yagmot
888? How lucky!