It was announced that 49 people in Hokkaido and 10 people in Otaru City were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
On the 23rd, 9 people were confirmed in Hakodate City, 61 people in Sapporo City, and 9 people in Asahikawa City, and the number of confirmed infections in Hokkaido on the 23rd was 138 people.
In addition, Hokkaido announced that two men and women in their 90s died on the 20th of this month, and Otaru City also announced that one man in their 70s died on the 18th.
Sapporo City has also announced the death of a woman in her 70s.
This brings the total number of infected people in Hokkaido to 16,578, of which 565 have died.