The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced in preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm on the 20th that it has confirmed that 1274 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.
The number of confirmed infections per day exceeds 1000 for 8 consecutive days.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Tokyo to 89,188.
In addition, the number of seriously ill patients as of the 20th, which was calculated based on the Tokyo standard, increased by 5 from the highest number on the 19th to 160, which was a record high.