▲ Citizens wearing masks on the evening of the 8th pass in front of Christmas decorations in downtown Tokyo, Japan. EPA Yonhap News
On the 24th, the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tokyo, Japan was 5. It hit the lowest level this year.
According to NHK, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the same day was 5, the lowest this year, following 6 on the 22nd. In Tokyo, with a population of more than 14 million, the average number of new confirmed cases in a week decreased to 14.3, a decrease of 67.8% from the previous week.
The number of new confirmed cases in Tokyo has been below 50 for 39 consecutive days and has been below 30 for 13 consecutive days. Meanwhile, in Japan as a whole, the number of new COVID-19 cases stood at 113 as of the 23rd, and is counting around 100 every day.
As COVID-19 continues to decline in Japan, attention is focused on the spread of COVID-19 in Korea. On this day, NHK’s article titled ‘Korea’s Corona 23 infection for the first time, the highest number in the past’ was one of the articles that spread on Twitter the most on this day.
NHK said, “In Korea, which has begun to ease regulations for COVID-19 from this month, the number of confirmed cases per day surpassed 4,000 for the first time on the 23rd, the highest record. said.
Correspondent Jin-ah Kim, Tokyo jin@seoul.co.kr
