Kumamoto Prefecture and Kumamoto City announced on the 8th that 111 new people were found to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st exceeded 101 on January 8th, the highest number ever.
Of these, Kumamoto City has 82 people, which is also the highest number of new infections per day, accounting for 80% of the total.
In addition, one person whose infection was announced on the 6th of this month was withdrawn, and the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture was 4624.