TOKYO: Japan saw more than 3,000 new infections of the novel coronavirus for the first time in one day today, public broadcaster NHK reported, as the number of cases continues to rise in the winter.
A total of 3,041 people was newly infected, NHK said. Tokyo, Japan’s capital and largest city, confirmed 621 new cases today.
While Japan has not seen anywhere near the kind of massive outbreaks that have hit the US and parts of Europe, infections have worsened as winter has set in, particularly in regions such as the northern island of Hokkaido.
So far, some 2,588 people have died in Japan from the coronavirus.