TOKYO, Mar 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s health ministry and local governments said today, the number of COVID-19 infections stood at a total of 821 as of 10:30 a.m. local time here.
The death toll stands at a total of 35 people, according to the health ministry, with the figure including those from the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama, close to Tokyo.
Of the 821 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan, the majority are in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, which confirmed 152 cases and previously declared a state of emergency over the situation.
Aichi Prefecture, meanwhile, has 123 confirmed cases, Osaka 108, Tokyo 90, Hyogo 82 and Kanagawa Prefecture has confirmed 55 COVID-19 cases, according to the latest statistics from the health ministry and local authorities.– NNN-NHK
