東京の新規感染１３５９人　五輪開幕、１年前の５倍超―新型コロナ

　東京都は２３日、新たに１３５９人の新型コロナウイルス感染が確認されたと発表した。前週の金曜日と比べ８８人増え、４日連続で１０００人を上回った。
　東京五輪の開会式が当初予定されていた昨年７月２４日の新規感染者は２６０人だった。開催が１年延期されたが、都内の感染状況は悪化した形だ。
　都によると、新規感染者の年代別では、２０代が最も多く４９２人。次いで３０代２７６人、４０代２０４人、５０代１４１人などと続いた。重症化リスクの高い６５歳以上は３７人。
　新規感染者の直近１週間平均は１３８６人で前週比１４６．５％。都基準による重症者は６８人で前日から３人増えた。
　全国では計４２２５人の陽性が判明し、前週の金曜日を７９４人上回った。神奈川県は６５２人で、２日続けて６００人を超えた。死者は８人、厚生労働省がまとめる重症者は前日から３９人増え、４３１人となった。（2021/07/23-20:06）

The Tokyo metropolitan government newly confirmed 1,359 novel coronavirus infection cases Friday, up by 88 from a week before and above 1,000 for the fourth consecutive day.
   The daily figure was far higher than 260 recorded on July 24, 2020, when the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics was originally scheduled to be held. The coronavirus pandemic pushed back the Games by one year, with the opening ceremony taking place Friday night.
   Of the people found positive for the virus in Tokyo on Friday, people in their 20s made up the largest group, at 492, followed by those in their 30s, at 276, those in their 40s, at 204, and those in their 50s, at 141, according to the metropolitan government. People aged 65 or over accounted for 37.
   The seven-day average of new cases in the Japanese capital came to 1,386 as of Friday, up 46.5 pct from a week earlier. The number of severely ill COVID-19 patients in Tokyo under the metropolitan government's standards rose by three from Thursday to 68.