People wearing face masks queue up to look at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame while it is displayed outside Sendai railway station in the city of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture on Saturday (March 21). Japan has recorded 1,016 cases of domestically transmitted cases of coronavirus as of Saturday. - AFP
TOKYO: Japan has recorded 1,016 cases of domestically transmitted cases of coronavirus as of Saturday (March 21), according to public broadcaster NHK, hitting a new milestone as the nation grapples with pressure to avoid a health crisis ahead of Tokyo Olympics.
The tally rises to 1,728 if 712 cases of infections from a cruise ship moored near Tokyo last month are included, according to NHK.
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