Coronavirus Cases In Japan Top 7,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan has exceeded 7,000 as of Sunday.
As of 4:00 p.m., 78 new cases had been reported across the country for the day, bringing the total to 7,001. The figure includes people found positive in airport quarantine checks, as well as those who returned to Japan on chartered planes from China.
Adding 712 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship brings the tally to 7,713.
One person was confirmed dead on Sunday, bringing the number of deaths to 145, including 12 from the ship.
Tokyo tops the list of prefectures with the most infections, at 1,902. Osaka is second with 766, followed by Kanagawa with 515, and Chiba with 424.
Health ministry officials say 125 people were in serious condition as of Friday, including eight from the cruise ship.
The officials say 1,353 people had recovered and left hospital. Of these, 714 were diagnosed in Japan, while 639 were infected on the ship.
