TOKYO -- Another 78 cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in the Japanese capital on March 31, Tokyo Metropolitan Government sources have told the Mainichi Shimbun.

The new infections total marks another single-day high for metro Tokyo, which has more confirmed cases than any other local jurisdiction in the country.

Patients and staff at Eiju General Hospital in the capital's Taito Ward apparently account for 14 of the newly confirmed cases. The hospital already had a large cluster of infections.

It is possible that the infections total for March 31 rose in part due to the relatively small number of test results obtained the day before.

(Mainichi)