The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 16th that it has confirmed that 6797 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.



The number of people has decreased by more than 1,300 from Saturday a week ago.



In addition, the number of severely ill patients using the ventilator or ECMO = heart-lung machine, which was calculated according to the standards of the city so far, was 17 as of the 16th, which is 3 less than the 15th.