COVID-19 infections in Japan rise to 1,277

Pedestrians wearing masks walk past a Tokyo 2020 emblem poster set in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo, Japan, March 25, 2020. Japan's health ministry and local governments said Wednesday that 41 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in Tokyo, while 66 new cases were confirmed by 12 other local authorities, bringing the total number of people infected in Japan to 1,277 as of 8:00 p.m. local time here. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)