国内新たに７２１２人感染　東京１０６７人―新型コロナ

　国内では１２日、新たに７２１２人の新型コロナウイルス感染が確認された。新規感染者が８０００人を下回ったのは７月２７日以来で、１週間前の日曜日より５６９４人少ない。重症者は前日比４７人減の２０１０人、死者は４１人確認された。
　東京都では新たに１０６７人の感染を確認。前週日曜日から７８６人減少し、２１日連続で前週の同じ曜日を下回った。死者は２１人だった。
　都によると、新規感染者の直近１週間平均は１３８４人で、前週比５４．３％。年代別では２０代２５４人、３０代１８７人、４０代１８４人の順に多い。１９歳以下は２４８人、６５歳以上は６６人。都基準の重症者は２３０人で、前日から３人減った。（2021/09/12-19:47）

The Tokyo metropolitan government said Sunday that 1,067 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the Japanese capital on the day, down by 786 from a week before.
   Sunday marked the 21st straight day of a week-on-week drop in new cases in Tokyo. People in their 20s made up the largest group by age, at 254, followed by those in their 30s, at 187, and those in their 40s, at 184.
   People aged under 20 accounted for 248, and those aged 65 or over for 66. The number of COVID-19 patients with serious symptoms under the metropolitan government's criteria came to 230, down by three from Saturday. Twenty-one new COVID-19 deaths were confirmed Sunday.
   The seven-day average of newly confirmed coronavirus infection cases in Tokyo stood at 1,384 as of Sunday, down 45.7 pct from a week earlier.
   Across Japan, the number of severely ill COVID-19 patients came to 2,010 Sunday, down by 47 from the previous day, according to the health ministry.