A total of 853 novel coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Japan, as of 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday.  

There were 14 infected people among those evacuated from central China's Hubei Province on chartered flights by the Japanese government. Among the passengers and crewmembers of the cruise ship Diamond Princess, 691 cases have been confirmed.

On Tuesday, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to implement measures to contain regional infections, and create a system to provide sufficient medical care in cooperation with local governments and medical institutions.