Highlighting the concern, government data showed nearly 40% of people who tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month contracted the virus at home.
Eighty percent of people under 60 who died from COVID-19 in Tokyo were male, according to a study that highlights the increased dangers of underlying conditions during the pandemic.
Doctors in Tokyo are now making heart-wrenching decisions of telling COVID-19 patients to wait at home for an open hospital bed, knowing that hospital treatment may remain unavailable even if their health deteriorates.