The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced in preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm on the 19th that it has confirmed that 1240 people, the second largest number on Tuesday, are newly infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.
The number of confirmed infections per day exceeds 1000 for 7 consecutive days.
In addition, the number of seriously ill patients as of the 19th, which was calculated based on the Tokyo standard, increased by 12 from the 18th to 155, which is the highest number ever, exceeding 144 on the 12th of this month.