Tokyo and surrounding areas were unusually quiet Saturday after the metropolitan government called on residents to stay home in a bid to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections in the capital.
Over 60 new patients were reported the same day, setting a new one-day record for the capital, NHK and other media outlets reported, quoting sources.
Tokyo had logged over 40 new infections per day over the past three days. Saturday's surge took its total beyond 350 — the highest among the 47 prefectures.