In Kanagawa Prefecture, it was announced on the 3rd that 365 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people announced on Sunday was the highest, surpassing 343 on December 27, a week ago.
Meanwhile, Yokohama and Fujisawa have announced that a total of two people, a woman in her 90s and a man in her 80s, who had been confirmed infected, have died.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is now 22,479, of which 285 have died.