Covid-19 infections in Japan rise to 2,524


A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the Covid-19, leaves after looking at the Olympic Flame which was passed from Tokyo 2020 to Fukushima Prefecture at the J-Village National Training Centre in Naraha on April 2, 2020.- AFP

TOKYO (Xinhua): Japan's health ministry and local governments said that 2,524 people had been infected with the Covid-19 virus in Japan, according to the latest figures released Thursday (April 2) morning.

The death toll in Japan from the pneumonia-causing virus currently stands at 82, according to the health ministry, with the figure including those from the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama, close to Tokyo.

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