Tokyo's New Coronavirus Cases Decrease below 100

Tokyo, April 26 (Jiji Press)--The daily number of newly confirmed coronavirus infection cases in Tokyo on Sunday fell below 100 for the first time since April 13, the metropolitan government said. On Sunday, 72 cases were reported in the Japanese capital. The daily count stayed above 100 until Saturday after hitting a record high of 201 on April 17. Tokyo's total infection cases now numbered 3,908. The death toll stood at 100. Measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, including voluntary restrictions on going out, "seem to have worked to some extent," a metropolitan government official said. Meanwhile, Governor Yuriko Koike said on an official online video channel that the number of samples submitted decreased in the weekend. "We cannot ease off on our efforts at all," she stressed. On Sunday, a total of 210 new infection cases were recorded nationwide, lifting the country's total cases above 13,400. Twelve deaths were recorded. As a result, the country's coronavirus death toll rose to 385, including cruise ship-related cases. In the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, a student in her 20s Sunday tested positive again after being discharged from hospital April 9 following her hospitalization due to coronavirus infection. END