China News Service, March 17. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), as of 6:30 pm on the 17th local time, the cumulative number of newly diagnosed new crown pneumonia patients in Japan reached 851 and 29 died.
According to reports, these infected people include 837 infected people in Japan and 14 people who returned to Japan by charter flights from the Japanese government.
In addition, a total of 712 passengers and flight attendants were diagnosed with the new crown pneumonia on the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship docked in Yokohama Port, Japan, including 7 deaths.