Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 8th that they have confirmed that 150 new people are infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the highest number of confirmed infections in the prefecture announced on the 1st.
As a result, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Tochigi Prefecture is 2,254.
In addition, Tochigi Prefecture announced that two patients who had been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus had died, bringing the total number of infected people to nine in the prefecture.