TOKYO (Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of the Corona virus rose to 10,000 on Saturday, days after the state of emergency was extended to the rest of the country, with the aim of slowing the spread of the virus, the Japan Radio and Television Corporation said.
On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appealed to citizens to stay at home after a record increase in the number of new cases in the capital Tokyo and fears of health services failing in rural areas inhabited by many elderly people, which led to an extension of the The state of emergency for the rest of Japan, after it initially covered seven regions
More than 200 people have died of the virus in Japan, but Tokyo remains the worst affected area and announced 201 new cases on Friday, a new record.
Radio and Television reported that Tokyo recorded 181 new injuries on Saturday