Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 3,131 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo on Tuesday.

The number is down 1,731 from a week ago. This marks the 21st day of week-on-week declines.

The ministry also confirmed 12 deaths in the capital. It says the number of seriously ill patients on ventilators or ECMO heart-lung machines was 41. The figure is up two from the previous day.

Nationwide, there were 41,438 new cases and 161 deaths on Tuesday.

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