THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 2, 2020 at 19:03 JST
Sapporo city officials urge pedestrians to wear masks on Oct. 30 in Chuo Ward. (Toru Saito)
Both Hokkaido and its capital city of Sapporo confirmed record daily numbers of novel coronavirus infections on Nov. 2.
Overall in Japan’s northernmost main island, 96 people newly tested positive, including 83 in Sapporo, the largest city in Hokkaido.
The previous daily high for Hokkaido was 81 on Oct. 31.
Officials are alarmed by the continuing rise in COVID-19 cases, which started in mid-October, when the temperatures began dropping.
The Hokkaido government on Oct. 28 raised its alert from the lowest 1 on the five-level scale to 2, urging residents to protect themselves from the ongoing surge in infections.
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