Kagawa Prefecture announced on the 18th that it was confirmed that 445 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the highest number of infected people announced each day.
In addition, Kagawa Prefecture withdrew one infected person announced on the 17th.
It was also announced that a man over 90 years old in the prefecture had died.
A total of 14,713 cases of infection were confirmed in Kagawa Prefecture, and 58 people died.