Tokyo officials are reporting 144 new coronavirus cases in the Japanese capital. That's the largest daily increase so far.
More than 1,300 people have now tested positive across the city, which is home to around 14 million people.
Sources with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government say 144 more cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed on Wednesday. The figure is the largest for a single day.
The new cases bring the total number of people in Tokyo who've tested positive for the virus to 1,339.
Train and bus companies in the Tokyo area say they are operating as usual on Wednesday despite a state of emergency declaration.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo made the declaration on Tuesday for Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures, saying it will be effective through May 6.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko says the names of facilities to be closed down under a state of emergency declared by the prime minister will be announced on Friday.
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for Tokyo and six other prefectures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has begun moving people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus but have only mild or no symptoms to a hotel.
The government rented the budget hotel in central Tokyo to temporarily accommodate such patients.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has said whether the coronavirus can be contained will depend on how people behave after a state of emergency is declared, and urged citizens to stay at home.
Koike made the comment during a press conference on Monday evening, when she called for unity among Tokyoites to overcome the difficulties.
A major group of doctors in Tokyo has declared a state of medical emergency, citing a possible collapse of the healthcare system.
Tokyo Medical Association President Ozaki Haruo told reporters on Monday that a steady rise in the number of coronavirus patients will not only result in a shortage of hospital beds but trigger in-house infections in hospitals.
The Tokyo government will use a hotel for patients with relatively mild or no symptoms of the new coronavirus in preparation for a spike of infection cases.
Tokyo officials announced on Monday that the metropolitan government had requisitioned a business hotel in the capital's Chuo Ward.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to request the closure of entertainment facilities if the prime minister declares a state of emergency based on a coronavirus-related law.
The declaration would allow governors of designated prefectures to take various measures to fight the virus.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has said the metropolitan government is getting ready for the prime minister's possible declaration of a state of emergency over the coronavirus.
Koike made the comment to reporters on Monday as Prime Minister Abe Shinzo began final arrangements to make a declaration as early as Tuesday.
Another 143 people in Tokyo were confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus on Sunday.
The figure is a record daily high, and brings the total in the prefecture to 1,034.
One hundred and eighteen more people in Tokyo were confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus on Saturday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the patients include girls between the ages of 10 and 19, and men and a woman into their 90's. There is no clear infection route for 81 of them, or nearly 70 percent.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has called on residents to refrain from non-essential, non-urgent outings, following the confirmation of 118 new cases of coronavirus infections in the prefecture.
In a comment released on Saturday, Koike added that there is sufficient capacity to treat patients this weekend, and that those with mild or no symptoms will be moved to hotels in accordance with the health ministry's instructions, as she had announced on Friday.
Sources close to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have told NHK that 118 new cases of coronavirus infections were confirmed on Saturday.
It is the first time for the daily tally to surpass 100 in Japan's capital. Tokyo's cumulative total now stands at 891.