The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 26th that it has confirmed that 1429 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus.

The number has nearly doubled, 702 more than Monday a week ago.

It's also the most Monday ever.

The number of confirmed infections per day exceeds 1,000 for seven consecutive days, and the rapid spread of infection continues.



With this, the number of confirmed infections in Tokyo has exceeded 200,000 to 200,720.



On the other hand, the number of seriously ill patients as of today, which was calculated based on the Tokyo standard, increased by 6 from the 25th to 78.