The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on the 8th that it confirmed that 14,104 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.
1772 more people than Thursday a week ago.
It is the third consecutive day that the same day of the week is higher than the previous week.
In addition, the number of severely ill patients using respirators or ECMO = 17 people, 2 fewer than on the 7th.
Meanwhile, 20 confirmed cases have died.
Tokyo monitoring meeting “Infections will spread rapidly due to increased contact opportunities during the year-end and New Year holidays”
In addition, on the 8th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced the results of an analysis of monitoring items by experts regarding the infection status of the new corona in Tokyo and the medical provision system.
According to it, the average number of new infections for the seven days was 11,882 as of the 7th, an increase of more than 800, an increase of 108% from the previous week.
This is the 6th consecutive week that the week-to-week change has exceeded 100%.
In addition, the number of hospitalized patients increased by 235 from the previous week to 3,301.
Experts maintained the second highest alert level for both the infection status and the medical care system, which are of four stages, and said, If the chances of contact with people increase, the infection may spread rapidly, so we need to be vigilant about future trends."