The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on the 9th that it confirmed that 794 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo.

158 fewer people than Thursday a week ago.



In addition, the number of severely ill patients using respirators or ECMO = artificial heart-lung machines was the same as on the 8th.



Meanwhile, five people who were confirmed to be infected died.

Declining trend is slowing down, but “Continue basic infection control measures”

Regarding the infection status of the new corona in Tokyo, experts called for continued basic infection control measures, saying that although the number of infected people has decreased for eight consecutive weeks, the downward trend has slowed.



On the 9th, the metropolitan government announced the analysis results of monitoring items by experts regarding the infection status of the new corona and the medical care provision system, and maintained the second lowest among the four alert levels.



The seven-day average of new infections was 776 as of the 8th, about 90% of the previous week, and the number of hospitalized patients was 660, about 140 fewer than the previous week, both of which decreased for eight consecutive weeks. Did.



An expert said, ``The number of infected people was 76% compared to the previous week last time, but this time it is 90%, and the downward trend has slowed down. I called you.