TOKYO, Mar 19 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s health ministry and local governments said today, by 11:30 a.m. local time, one person died in Osaka and three new cases were confirmed in Hyogo, Wakayama and Ibaraki prefectures, bringing the total number of cases to 924.
The death toll in Japan currently stands at 39, 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 924 confirmed cases, the majority are in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, which confirmed 154 cases, followed by Aichi Prefecture with 130 confirmed cases, Osaka has 117, Tokyo 111, Hyogo 92 and Kanagawa Prefecture 60 infections, according to the latest statistics from the health ministry and local authorities.
The health ministry said, there are currently 60 patients considered severely ill and are on ventilators, to receive respiratory assistance or have been admitted to intensive care units for medical treatment.– NNN=NHK
