Coronavirus: state of emergency declared on Japan’s Hokkaido
- Residents of Japanese island urged to stay home as ‘crisis deepens’
- Hong Kong says all dogs and cats belonging to patients must be quarantined for 14 days
The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said 317 more cases were reported on Friday afternoon – in addition to 256 cases reported in the morning, taking the number of infections in the country to 2,337.
It was the highest number reported in South Korea in a single day, surpassing the 505 announced on Thursday.
In China, the National Health Commission said there were 327 new cases – compared with 433 a day earlier – of which 318 had been reported in Hubei province, as of Thursday. Hubei’s capital Wuhan continued to bear the brunt of the epidemic, with 313 of the new infections. The number of new cases outside Hubei dropped to nine, from 24 reported a day earlier.
The commission said 44 new deaths had been reported, bringing the toll to 2,788. There have been 78,824 infections on the mainland, with 36,117 people recovering from Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
State of emergency on Japanese island of Hokkaido
The northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has declared state of emergency over the rate of coronavirus transmission and has urged residents to stay home.