The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 19th that it has confirmed that 5,534 people, the second largest number so far, are newly infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.
It is the second consecutive day that the number of people exceeds 5,000.
This is the highest number of Thursdays ever, with 545 more than Thursday a week ago.
On the other hand, the number of seriously ill patients as of the 19th, which was calculated based on the Tokyo standard, was 274, one less than on the 18th.