It was announced on the 2nd in Kanagawa Prefecture that a total of 187 people were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
It is the first time in Kanagawa Prefecture that the number of confirmed infections per day has dropped below 200, and since December 21, last year, when there were 188.
Meanwhile, a total of 13 men and women in their 30s and 90s have been announced dead.
According to NHK's summary, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Kanagawa Prefecture is 41,169.
Of these, 494 have died.