The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it has confirmed that 276 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo at the preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm on the 8th.
It is the first time since December 7, last year that the number of confirmed infections per day has dropped below 300.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Tokyo to 104,121.
On the other hand, the number of seriously ill patients as of the 8th, which was calculated based on the Tokyo standard, was 104, a decrease of 7 from the 7th.