The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that it has confirmed that 301 people are newly infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo, according to preliminary figures as of 3:00 pm on the 5th.


The 7-day average was 102.1%, up from the previous week.

This is the first time since January 15th that the number has exceeded the previous week, and since the 2nd of last month when the city began calling for a guideline of "70% or less".

Compared to the previous week of the 7-day average, it exceeded 90% for the second consecutive day up to the 4th, and the rate of decline continued to slow down.



This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Tokyo to 112,925.



On the other hand, the number of seriously ill patients on the 5th, which was calculated based on the Tokyo standard, was 49, a decrease of 2 from the 4th.