Corona Infections In Japan Top 13,800
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Japan increased to 13,895 on Tuesday as 282 new cases were announced nationwide.
The tally includes people tested at airport quarantine stations, health ministry officials, quarantine officers and individuals who returned to Japan from China on government-chartered planes. It also includes infections among the crew of the Costa Atlantica cruise ship docked in Nagasaki, western Japan.
The addition of 712 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama in February would bring the total to 14,607.
The death toll in Japan has risen to 426, including 13 from the Diamond Princess.
By prefecture, Tokyo has 4,059 infections; followed by Osaka with 1,553; Kanagawa with 972; Saitama with 833; Chiba with 822; Hokkaido with 688; Hyogo with 637; and Fukuoka with 625.
Health ministry officials say 309 people are in serious condition as of Tuesday, including four from the Diamond Princess. A total of 3,838 have recovered and left hospital.
