TOKYO: Japan's health ministry said it has identified 15 clusters of coronavirus infections around the country.
The biggest cluster was in the Osaka area, with more than 50 infections centred around a music venue, according to a document on the ministry's website. It was initially reported by Kyodo news.
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The prefectures of Hokkaido, Aichi and Wakayama and the city of Tokyo each had clusters of more than 10 people.
As of Sunday, 1,484 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Japan, according to local news organisation NHK.
This includes 697 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship as well as 14 people evacuated from Hubei province on government-chartered flights.
A total of 29 people have died, including seven from the Diamond Princess.
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Japan's coronavirus outbreak is not at a stage that requires the government to declare an emergency, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday.
Abe, who made the comment at a news conference in Tokyo, also said that experts have concluded that Japan has not seen an explosive rise in coronavirus cases.
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