TOKYO, July 20 -- Japan confirmed 419 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, with 168 new cases reported in Tokyo and the nation's death toll from the virus crossed 1,000, including cases related to a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama in February.

Japan's cumulative number of COVID-19 cases now stands at more than 25,000, with the death toll including those from the cruise ship totaling 1,001, and 998 not including those connected to the quarantined cruise liner.

Officials said that people aged 60 or older comprised more than 90 percent of the deaths, although concerns have been increasing about rising numbers of COVID-19 infections among younger people.

While younger people infected may experience less severe symptoms, officials said the concerns stem from the fact that they could pass the infection on to older people, who suffer more severe and fatal symptoms, showed the statistics.

While the death toll has seen a downturn since May, concerns remain over a resurgence of cases in urban areas, officials said. Aside from Tokyo, daily cases in Osaka were confirmed at 49, while Tokyo's neighboring prefecture of Saitama reported 29 new COVID-19 cases on Monday.

In Tokyo, where a spike in new daily cases recently has seen the metropolitan government raise its alert level for the virus to the highest on its four-tier scale, officials have called for nightclubs in downtown areas in the capital to take more preventative measures.

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