Ibaraki Prefecture and Mito City announced on the 28th that they have confirmed that 60 new people are infected with the new coronavirus.
The prefecture also revealed on the 1st that four people had died, the highest number ever.
So far, a total of 60 people have died in the prefecture.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced that it would withdraw the notification of infected persons because it was confirmed that the three people who tested positive for the antigen on the 19th of this month were negative when the PCR test of the sample was performed again.
In order to prevent recurrence, the prefecture will carry out a PCR test again if the antigen test of a private testing institution is positive.