Japan Confirms 22,613 New COVID-19 Cases

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Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan confirmed 22,613 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, a decrease of about 6,500 from a week earlier.

The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms across the country dropped by 16 from Saturday to 137, while 39 new deaths were reported.

In Tokyo, 2,242 new cases were confirmed, a decline of 680 from a week before. Four new deaths were reported.

The seven-day average of new cases in the Japanese capital fell 35.3 pct to 3,070.4. There were eight severely ill patients, a decline of one from Saturday.

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