Coronavirus Infections In Japan Top 8,700
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Japan exceeded 8,700 as of Wednesday. The figure includes people found positive in airport quarantine checks, health ministry officials and those who returned to Japan on chartered planes.
A total of 549 new cases, including 127 in Tokyo, were reported, bringing the total to 8,722.
The 712 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship brings the total to 9,434.
Seventeen more deaths were confirmed on Wednesday, bringing the number of fatalities to 191, including 13 from the ship.
Tokyo tops the list of prefectures with the most infections, at 2,446. Osaka is second with 968, followed by Kanagawa with 619, Chiba with 537, Saitama with 513, Fukuoka with 436 and Hyogo with 423.
Health ministry officials say 173 people were in serious condition as of Wednesday, including five from the cruise ship.
The officials say 1,546 had recovered and left hospital. Of these, 901 were diagnosed in Japan, while 645 were infected on the ship.
