Tokyo projects daily cases to average nearly 10,000 in 1 week

The Tokyo metropolitan government projected Thursday that the seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases will surge to 9,576 daily in a week if cases increase at the current pace, as an apparent sixth wave of the coronavirus pandemic hits the capital.The projection comes as Tokyo reported 3,124 new infections, topping the 3,000 mark for the first time in more than four months. The seven-day average stood at about 1,500.The occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients was 13.7 percent Wednesday, with 954 people hospitalized and four of them showing severe symptoms, according to…READ FULL ARTICLE