Tokyo reports 17,790 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday

 

July 18

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 17,790 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday.

The figure is up 8,308 from a week ago, or 1.88 times the total of last Sunday.

The daily tally in the capital topped 10,000 for the sixth consecutive day.

The seven-day average of the daily count through Sunday came to 15,292.9.

That was 202.3 percent of the number from a week earlier.

They also reported one death from the virus.

Health authorities across Japan reported a total of 105,584 new cases on Sunday. The nationwide daily tally topped 100,000 for the third consecutive day.

NHK