Tokyo confirms 17,884 new corona infections, less than 20,000 since July 19

Tokyo announced on the 8th that it confirmed that 17,884 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.

The number of people decreased by more than 4,000 from Monday a week ago, and it was below the same day of the previous week for three days in a row.

It is the first time since July 19 that the daily number of infected people has fallen below 20,000.

In addition, the number of severely ill patients using a ventilator or ECMO = artificial heart-lung machine was 39, an increase of 3 from the 7th.