Photo/Illutration Nakano Egota Hospital in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward, where infections with the new coronavirus were confirmed among health workers and inpatients in April (Nobuo Fujiwara)

Japan recorded a record daily high of 31 deaths from the new coronavirus on May 2, sending the overall death toll to 517, according to health authorities and other sources.

The number of new cases confirmed was 307 across the nation as of 10 p.m. that day, in the middle of the nation's Golden Week holiday period, bringing the overall total to 14,879.

Tokyo reported 160 new known infections, the second consecutive day of reaching the 160 mark, after the number dipped below 50 during the previous two days.

Fifteen deaths were recorded in the capital, including 11 inpatients at Nakano Egota Hospital in Nakano Ward, where an outbreak infected dozens of patients and workers in April.

That pushed the overall death toll to 141 in Tokyo.

Osaka Prefecture and Hokkaido confirmed three deaths each on May 2, raising the tally to 46 and 40, respectively.

The three dead in Osaka Prefecture were a man in his 60s and two women in their 90s.

In other prefectures with large populations, total deaths stood at 39 in Kanagawa Prefecture, 37 in Saitama Prefecture, 34 in Chiba Prefecture, 34 in Aichi Prefecture, 28 in Hyogo Prefecture and 22 in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Kanawaga Prefecture registered two deaths on May 2, a female inpatient in her 90s at St. Marianna University School of Medicine's Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, and a male inpatient in his 70s who was moved from Kawasaki Kyodo Hospital in Kawasaki to another hospital.

An outbreak has occurred at Yokohama City Seibu Hospital and Kawasaki Kyodo Hospital.

Japan reported its first confirmed death from COVID-19 on Feb. 13. Since late April, there have been about 20 or so deaths recorded each day across the nation.