Staff members work behind transparent sheets as a preventive measure to stop the spread of Covid-19 at a city hall in Fukaya, Saitama prefecture on April 15, 2020.- AFP
TOKYO (Xinhua): The Covid-19 cases in Japan increased by 220 nationwide, including 127 infections in Tokyo, the health ministry and local authorities said as of 4:30 p.m. local time Wednesday (April 15), bringing the nationwide total to 8,393.
The death toll from the pneumonia-causing virus now stands at a total of 179, including those from a cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama near Tokyo, the latest figures showed.
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