Tokyo reports 235 new coronavirus cases

I wonder how many were asymptomatic? 

Because getting tested in Japan usually requires exhibiting multiple symptoms, probably very few were asymptomatic.

Honestly, this virus is not a big deal.

Extremely incorrect.

Countdown to contagion. Covid is here to stay for the winter.

In Europe they still sell PCR tests by mail for 120Euro. And they are very popular indeed.

In Japan, very same test is over 50,000¥

This freedom of test whatever you want whenever you want would be a game changer for Japan.

"severe symptoms" (which equates to hospitalization.) 

Within hospitalized patients, "serious symptoms" are considered to be those patients who need ventilators or ECMO.

- stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/

This a current total, not daily number.

To complete the picture, and not sure why this is never mentioned, but it appears therefore 21 70-year or older.

The breakdown for each age group is available via the hyperlink in the article (the word 'tests'). For this reporting, the numbers were:

6 Under 10

13 Teens

64 in their 20's

44 in their 30's

36 in their 40's

30 in their 50's

11 in their 60's

18 in their 70's

10 in their 80's

3 in their 90's

Does anyone know if the test counts include tests at the airports?

Narita International Airport is not within the Tokyo Metropolis area, so would not be included in any case.

I am not sure about Haneda. The only specific reference to ports of entry or international transit I can find on the official site is the following line:

Excluding returnees on charter flights or cruise ship passengers

That said, under the heading Tests Conducted, the data is broken into two categories:

tests conducted at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health 

or

tests conducted at medical institutions

I would not class ports of entry as either of these so I would guess that those tests are not included.

As a point of interest, 8700 overseas residents entered Japan and 37,137 japanese residents travelled abroad (and presumably returned) during August:

https://www.tourism.jp/en/tourism-database/stats/

Mention of the number of pcr test has completely vanished from the mainstream media giving the message that it isn't as infectious compared to say Europe and U.S.

People who need to be routinely tested should be every one. Especially children at daycare and children of all age hanging out at schools. If you rode the bus to the train station or you rode any train to anywhere warrants a PCR test as many have forgotten the virus is not Just sitting in your mouth Being prevented from flying out your mouth just because you are wearing a mask. The virus is stationary every where and touch one your likely infected.

Does anyone know if the test counts include tests at the airports?

Covid-19 data. From the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/

Number of hospitalized people reported yesterday: 1002.

Number of hospitalized people reported today: 997.

Difference between yesterday and today: -5

Mild-moderate and Serious symptoms data. They are already included in the total number of people hospitalized. It should also be remembered that data on severe symptoms are already reflected in the Japan Today article. And there is no need to mention them again in the comments.

Patients hospitalized by COVID in Tokyo Prefecture, per 100,000 inhabitants. Saturday 10/10/2020 is: 7,23

Patients hospitalized by COVID in Tokyo Prefecture, per 100,000 inhabitants. Today Saturday 17/10/2020 is: 7,15

The hospitalization rate in Tokyo Prefecture has been reduced by 0,08 points. In this last week.

The incidence of coronavirus continues to decline. Today there are only 997 people admitted to hospitals for coronavirus in Tokyo Prefecture. In an area where 13,929,280 people live. According to the official census of inhabitants.

These are very good data. For the moment, nothing seems to indicate that there is a resurgence of the infection.

Things are going very well.

Again, out of the 4851 tests, many had to be showing symptoms in order to convince a doctor to order a test (although there are some testing clinics that charge over 30,000 yen if you want a test and you don't have any symptoms). The rest would be people who need to be routinely tested, such as athletes and the international travelers arriving at Haneda. So let's estimate 3000 people had enough symptoms to convince a doctor to order a test. Of those, only 235 have coronavirus, and the rest have something else (some other flu or virus strain). And of those with the coronavirus, only 10% (23) have "severe symptoms" (which equates to hospitalization.) From this you can conclude that the coronavirus is a very minor ailment in Japan, if 8% of people sick enough to convince a doctor to order a test actually have it, and only .8% of those sick enough to convince a doctor to order a test have severe enough symptoms to be hospitalized. You doubters can disagree with my assumption of 3000 sick people, but no matter what denominator you choose (2000? 4000?), the reality is that there are not very many people sick with coronavirus in Tokyo.

I wonder how many were asymptomatic? Honestly, this virus is not a big deal.

Probably the asymptomatic were the "elites", politicians, baseball players, tarento... The normal people are guaranteed to have been showing symptoms, multiple ones for 3+ days.

Absolutely false statement.

To complete the picture, and not sure why this is never mentioned, but it appears there for 21 70-year or older. So likely 4 deaths from this group is coming.

Complete nonsense