Gunma Prefecture announced on the 21st that it was confirmed that 17 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
In addition, a man in his 70s who was infected and hospitalized died.
There was no underlying illness.
The number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is now 1950, of which 33 have died.
Gunma Prefecture has so far announced a summary of infected persons found during the 24 hours until 3:00 pm, but said that the investigation was taking a long time due to the spread of the infection and the announcement was delayed on the 21st. The time for the compilation was advanced by 3 hours to noon.
For this reason, the announcement on the 21st is counted for 21 hours from 3:00 pm on the 20th to noon on the 21st.