On the 8th, it was announced that 88 new people were found to be infected with the new coronavirus in Kumamoto prefecture.
Infection was confirmed in 27 people in Kumamoto City and 61 people in other cities and towns, for a total of 88 people.
Combined with the two people announced in the morning, 90 people were confirmed on the 8th in the prefecture, which is the highest number of infected people per day.
On the other hand, Kumamoto City withdrew one person who was announced as an infected person on January 5 because a negative test was confirmed.
For this reason, a total of 2272 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, on the 8th, one person was confirmed dead in the prefecture, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture was 29.