Coronavirus infected passengers on Japanese cruise increased to 355

Tokyo

The number of people caught by the coronavirus on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, off the coast of Japan, has risen to 355. The country’s Health Minister gave this information on Sunday. Minister Katsunobu Katō said, so far, we have investigated 1,219 people. Of these, 355 people were found positive. 73 of them do not show any symptoms.
With the death of fatal corona virus infection in China and 142 deaths, the total number of deaths has increased to 1,665. A total of 68,500 cases of infection have been confirmed. China’s National Health Commission has confirmed 2,009 new cases in the country. There are 1,843 new cases in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, from where the virus began to spread in December. With the addition of new cases, a total of 56,249 cases have been confirmed in Hubei.