Mie Prefecture announced that a man in his 70s who had been hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture died on the 5th after being infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the number of infected people who died in Mie Prefecture to 35.
In addition, it was announced that 27 new infections were confirmed in Mie Prefecture.
With this, a total of 2325 people have been confirmed to be infected in Mie Prefecture.