A group of Ainu, an indigenous people in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, pray during a ritual to expel the plague god under a state of emergency following the coronavirus disease outbreak in Teshikaga, Hokkaido, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on Sunday (April 19). - Reuters
TOKYO: Japanese health ministry said on Sunday (April 19) that 568 new cases of the coronavirus were reported the day before, bringing a domestic total to 10,361. A combined total including 712 others from a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo earlier this year came to 11,073, with 174 deaths.
The number of cases is still relatively small compared to the US and Europe, but that’s only as many as Japan’s limited testing has detected and actual infections are believed to be far more widespread.
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