Tokyo reported 591 new infections with the novel coronavirus on Thursday, down 436 from the same day in the previous week and the first time in 10 days that the number had fallen below 600.
The decline was apparently due to fewer people being tested amid the Golden Week holidays.
In contrast, the number of people in serious condition increased to 72, up three from Wednesday.
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported an average of 736.6 new infections per day over the past week, down about 6% from the previous week's figure of 782.1.
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