The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it has confirmed that 1809 new people are infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo at the preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm on the 16th.
The number of confirmed infections per day exceeds 1000 for 4 consecutive days.
It was the second largest Saturday after 2268 on the 9th of this month a week ago.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Tokyo to 83,878.