Tokyo confirmed 4,051 daily coronavirus cases Friday, topping the 4,000 mark for the first time since Aug. 27, the metropolitan government said.
Japan has been facing a resurgence of the virus amid the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
People wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus are pictured in front of JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2022. (Kyodo)
The seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases stood at 1,950.4 per day in the capital, nearly six times higher than a week before.
The metropolitan government has projected that the average could rise to around 10,000 next week.
On Thursday, Tokyo raised its COVID-19 alert to the second highest of four levels.
