Gifu Prefecture and Gifu City have announced that 51 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
A total of 4224 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
He also announced that a man in his 80s in Gifu City, who had been hospitalized after being confirmed infected, died on the 2nd.
The number of people who died in the prefecture is 70.