Japan Reports 33,874 New COVID-19 Cases

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Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japan reported 33,874 new COVID-19 cases and 33 new fatalities Saturday.

The number of severely ill patients rose by one from Friday to 107.

Tokyo confirmed 3,231 new infections, down eight from a week before, and four new deaths.

The number of severely ill patients under Tokyo’s own criteria stood at 11, unchanged from Friday, while the seven-day average of new infections rose 6.2 pct week on week to 3,182.7.

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