Kochi Prefecture and others have announced that a man in his 80s who had been infected with the new coronavirus and was seriously ill has died.
This brings the total number of people who died in Kochi prefecture to five.
In addition, Kochi Prefecture and others announced that it was confirmed that 23 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
The number of infected people announced per day in Kochi Prefecture has been 10 or more for 15 consecutive days, and the total number of confirmed infections in Kochi Prefecture is 455.