Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, announced that one new person has been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Hakodate City announced that it has been confirmed that five new people living in the city are infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of confirmed infections on the 18th in Hokkaido has been 6 so far.
In addition, Asahikawa City announced that one person who had been confirmed to be infected died on the 17th.
This brings the total number of infected people in Hokkaido to 15,824, of which 5,39 have died.