On the 20th, it was announced that a total of 20 men and women were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Kumamoto prefecture.


Infection was confirmed in 10 people in Kumamoto City, 3 people each in Yatsushiro City and Hikawa Town, and 1 person each in Koshi City, Uki City, Minamata City, and Kikuyo Town.


Of these, one in Kumamoto City was a male employee in his twenties at the city's water and sewage bureau, and the total number of infected people at the water and sewage bureau was three.


The main building of the government building of the Water and Sewerage Bureau has completed all disinfection work and will resume operations from the 21st.


So far, a total of 1456 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.