Japan exceeded more than 200,000 infections with the novel coronavirus on Monday, including cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun tally.
A total of 42 people were confirmed on the day to have been infected in the prefectures of Yamagata, Fukushima, Okayama, Hiroshima and Tokushima. According to the Yomiuri's tally, this meant 200,002 people had been infected with the virus so far as of 1 p.m. Monday.
The cumulative number of Japan's confirmed infections with the novel coronavirus has been on the rise since the first announcement on Jan. 16. It reached 50,000 on Aug. 10, about seven months later.
The number exceeded 100,000 on Oct. 29, and infections spread rapidly across the country in November. The number of infections per day reached a record high of 3,213 people on Thursday, indicating the pace of increase is accelerating.
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