Ibaraki Prefecture and Mito City announced on the 31st that 172 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the number of infected people in Ibaraki Prefecture to 12,461.
In addition, Ibaraki Prefecture announced that one man in his 80s, who had been confirmed to be infected, had died.
Infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed in Ibaraki prefecture, and the number of people who died after that was 168.