The new coronavirus infection count has been rising across the nation with more than 200 cases reported in Tokyo on Sunday.

Metropolitan government officials say 206 new cases were confirmed in the capital. That makes it the fourth day in a row the figure has topped 200.

Officials from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government say 206 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the Japanese capital on Sunday.

The figure has topped 200 for the fourth day in a row.

Japan's health ministry says it has confirmed the country's fourth case of the new coronavirus.

The ministry said on Sunday that the patient is a male tourist in his 40s from the Chinese city of Wuhan.