The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it has confirmed that 1592 new people are infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo at the preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm on the 17th.
On Sunday, it was the highest ever, surpassing 1494 a week ago.
The number of confirmed infections per day exceeds 1000 for 5 consecutive days.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Tokyo to 85,470.
On the other hand, the number of seriously ill patients as of the 17th, which was calculated based on the Tokyo standard, was 138, an increase of 2 from the 16th.