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staff report, Jiji
Tokyo confirmed 19,800 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a jump of about 4,300 from a week before.
The seven-day average of new cases came to 13,738.7, compared with 11,805.6 a week earlier.
The number of severely ill patients under Tokyo’s standards rose by three from Monday to 22, while 14 deaths linked to the virus were reported Tuesday.
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