The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it has confirmed that 1204 people are newly infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo at the preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm on the 18th.
The number of confirmed infections per day exceeded 1,000 for the sixth consecutive day, the second highest on Monday after 1219 on the 11th of this month, a week ago.
143 critically ill patients
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Tokyo to 86,674.
In addition, the number of seriously ill patients as of the 18th, which was calculated based on the Tokyo standard, was 143, an increase of 5 from the 17th.