Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, announced that it has been confirmed that a total of three men in their 40s and 60s living in the city and men in their 20s living in Fukuoka Prefecture are infected with the new coronavirus.



In addition, Yamaguchi Prefecture announced that it was confirmed that a total of eight men and women under the age of 10 to 70s living in six cities and towns in the prefecture, including Iwakuni City and Kudamatsu City, were infected with the new coronavirus.



With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 572.