Mie Prefecture and others have announced that 42 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
The number of people infected per day exceeded 33 on the 6th, the highest number ever.
A total of 1471 people have been confirmed to be infected in Mie Prefecture.
In addition, a woman in her 80s who was hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture announced that she had died on the 7th, and the number of infected people who died in the prefecture has increased to 21.