Tokyo announced on the 12th that it confirmed that 20,401 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.

The number of people decreased by more than 17,000 from the previous Friday, and it was below the same day of the previous week for seven days in a row.

In addition, the number of severely ill patients using a ventilator or ECMO (artificial heart-lung machine) increased by 2 from the 11th to 42.