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The cumulative total of COVID-19 infections in Japan exceeded 50,000 on Monday, adding about 700 of the Diamond Princess cruise that was quarantined in Yokohama in February.
The national total reached 40,000 on August 3 and it took seven days to load another 10,000.
On Monday, at least 510 other people tested positive for the virus across the country.
Among Japan’s 47 prefectures, Tokyo showed on Monday 197 new infections, the first drop of less than 200s since July 27, when 131 cases were reported, the metropolitan government said.
Daily figures have been the best in Tokyo since the end of July and reached a record 472 on August 1. On Sunday, the instances amounted to 331.
Monday’s 197 instances were shown after 3,243 tests were conducted on Friday, the metropolitan government said. This raises the total number of infections in the city to 16,064.
Of Monday’s total, another 65 people were in their twenties and forty-five in their thirties, in combination representing 56%, according to the metropolitan government. Of the others, another 34 people were 40 years old, 22 years 50, 8 in the 10-19 age group, seven in the 70s, six under 10, five in the 60s and five in the 80s.
The number of patients with critically ill coronavirus in Tokyo 24, compared to Sunday.
This week, the whole country is on summer holidays and in the annual o-Bon period, when many other people living in urban spaces return to their circle of family homes. Many citizens are involved in how infections will spread through population movements.
Since the launch of the government’s debatable Go To Travel crusade last month, infections have spread to other prefectures with major tourist destinations.
Okinawa Prefecture showed 52 new cases on Monday, a significant drop from a record 159 on Sunday. To date, 1,179 cases have been reported in Okinawa.
The death toll related to the coronavirus across Japan as of 6 p.m. Monday increased by one to 1,063, with the new fatality confirmed in Wakayama Prefecture.
In Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, a large-scale group of infections was reported at a high school. On Sunday, 92 cases were confirmed, a record for the prefecture, and 86 were academics at Rissho Shonan High School, while two were teachers at the school.
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