Tokyo reports 22,740 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday

NHK -- Aug 14

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 22,740 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday.

The daily tally for the capital is down 3,573 from a week ago, and marks the ninth straight day of week-on-week declines.

The seven-day average through Sunday was 25,629. That's 80.8 percent of the figure for the previous week.

Tokyo officials said there were 42 seriously ill patients on ventilators or ECMO heart-lung machines, down one from Saturday.

They also said on Sunday that 13 people from their 50s to 90s had died from the virus.