During a government panel meeting last week, experts said the capital is “at significant risk of further outbreaks.” The health ministry estimated Tokyo could see upwards of 530 cases between now and April 8, and when the epidemic peaks, it might have to deal with up to 700 daily patients who need intensive care or respirators as well as more than twenty thousand who need treatment for pneumonia.
As of late Thursday, Tokyo had recorded 299 cases and five deaths, while 1,384 cases and 47 deaths had been reported nationwide.
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