Coronavirus cases rise to 118 in Hiroshima Prefecture and to 179 across the Chugoku Region.

The number of new corona virus cases confirmed on Wednesday, April 15 across Hiroshima Prefecture increased by 23 to 113 cases.

A major new cluster of corona virus infections has sent the number of infections in Hiroshima Prefecture over 100 cases.

Hiroshima city has announced that 17 patients and 5 staff have tested positive for coronavirus at a city “social welfare facility”.

April 14, 2020 Coronavirus cases in Hiroshima Prefecture now at 65 with new cases in Miyoshi, Onomichi and Fukuyama, plus

The governor of Hiroshima Prefecture Yuzaki Hideaki urged the people of Hiroshima and business owners to level up their restraint and increase social distancing measures in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus yesterday.

The Chugoku region had a relatively quiet Sunday on the coronavirus front with 11 new cases reported across the 5 prefectures.

A cluster of 23 cases of coronavirus was confirmed in Miyoshi in the north of Hiroshima Prefecture last night.

Authorities in Hiroshima seem to be moving towards taking firmer measures to prevent the further spread of coronavirus.

Cases of coronavirus have now been discovered in all of the 5 Chugoku region prefectures.