Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 28th that a total of 425 people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, the prefecture corrected that the outbreak report was withdrawn for one patient announced on the 26th.
As a result, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 45,497.
The prefecture also announced that eight new patients have died.
The number of deaths announced in one day was the highest, and the total number of people who died from infection with the new corona in the prefecture was 187.