Oita Prefecture announced on the 15th that it was newly confirmed that 12 men and women aged 10 to 80 years old were infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Oita Prefecture to 897.
In addition, Oita Prefecture announced that a man over the age of 80 who had been hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture had died.
This brings the total number of infected people who died in Oita Prefecture to 10.