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As of April 17, 2020, Tokyo Prefecture recorded the highest density of people infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) among all 47 prefectures in Japan, with approximately 20.1 infected people per 100 thousand inhabitants in the prefecture. Ishikawa Prefecture recorded the second highest density, with around 14.1 people per 100 thousand inhabitants in the prefecture being infected with the virus. There was an average of around 7.8 infected people per 100 thousand inhabitants in Japan during the measured time period.

In terms of the total number of infection cases, Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture were the two prefectures with the highest number of patients of COVID-19 as of April 2020.

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