Mie Prefecture announced that a man in his 90s who had been hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture died on the 22nd after being infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people who died in Mie Prefecture is now 28.
In addition, it was confirmed that 40 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Mie prefecture.
A total of 1976 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.