Tokyo Reports 12,696 Coronavirus Cases On Monday

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 12,696 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday.
The figure is up 6,465 from a week ago, or about 2 times the total last Monday.
The number has topped 10,000 for seven straight days.
The seven-day average of the daily count through Monday came to 16,216.4. That's 201.3 percent of the number from a week earlier.
The number of seriously ill patients on ventilators or ECMO heart-lung machines in Tokyo is 15, up two from Sunday.
Tokyo officials also reported that one person died from the virus.