The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 8th that it has confirmed that 4711 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.
The number of people increased by about 1,500 from the previous Sunday, and exceeded the same day of the previous week for two consecutive days.
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 8 as of the 8th, which was the same as the 7th.