China News Service, March 12th. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), in the afternoon of the 12th local time, the government of Sapporo, Hokkaido, announced that there was one new case of death from new crown pneumonia in the city.
According to reports, the deceased was a male in his 70s who died at 5.30 am local time on the 12th.
At present, the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in Hokkaido has increased to four.