Sep 04 (Japan Today) - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 211 new cases of the coronavirus, up 70 from Wednesday. Of the total, 107 are in their 20s and 30s.
The number is the result of 5,428 tests.
The tally brought Tokyo's cumulative total to 21,339.
The number of infected people with severe symptoms is 27, two less than Wednesday, health officials said.
Nationwide, the number of reported infections was 612. After Tokyo, the prefectures with the most cases were Kanagawa (81), Osaka (74), Chiba (33), Okinawa (20), Kyoto (19), Aichi (18) and Hyogo (14).
The number of deaths due to coronavirus-related causes was 6.