Tokyo sees more than 130 new coronavirus cases, highest jump in one day - NHK

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walk on the crossing at Shibuya shopping and amusement district in Tokyo, Japan March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 130 people were newly infected with the novel coronavirus in Tokyo, Japan's NHK public broadcaster reported on Sunday, citing officials from the metropolitan government.

It was the highest daily jump in confirmed cases so far, bringing the number of positive cases in the capital to more than 1,000, NHK said.