Tokyo's COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms reach record 176

The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms in Tokyo rose to a record 176 on Tuesday, the Tokyo metropolitan government said, as the capital struggles to contain the resurgence driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.It well exceeded the previous record of 160 on Jan. 20. Of the 176 patients, 70 percent were people in their 50s or younger, age groups facing a slow vaccination drive."This is a problem about lives at stake and various countermeasures are required," Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike told reporters.Daily new coronavirus cases in the capital totaled 2,612 on Tuesday after t…READ FULL ARTICLE