The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 16th that it has confirmed that 4172 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.
The number has exceeded 4,000 for three consecutive days, more than three times that of Sunday a week ago.
On the other hand, the number of severely ill patients as of the 16th, which was calculated according to the Tokyo standard, was 5, an increase of 1 from the 15th.