Tokyo area sees daily coronavirus cases topping 100 for first time - NHK


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  • Saturday, 04 Apr 2020

FILE PHOTO: Empty seats are seen at a restaurant, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Ginza shopping and amusement district in Tokyo, Japan April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Some 118 people were newly infected with the novel coronavirus in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, NHK public broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing metropolitan government officials.

It marked the first time that daily confirmed cases exceeded 100 in the Tokyo area, bringing the number of confirmed cases there to 891, NHK said.

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