Hakodate City, Hokkaido, announced that five new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The city of Sapporo has announced the confirmation of infection of 60 people, and the total number of confirmed infections in Hokkaido on the 29th is 65.
In addition, Hakodate City announced that one person who had been confirmed to be infected had died.
This brings the total number of infected people in Hokkaido to 17,190, of which 589 have died.