Hokkaido announced that 36 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
On the 16th, 28 people were confirmed by Sapporo City and 5 people were confirmed by Hakodate City, and the total number of confirmed infections per day in Hokkaido was 69.
Meanwhile, Michi announced on the 14th that three people whose age and gender had been confirmed to have been infected died on the 14th, and a woman in her 80s and a man in her 90s died on the 15th.
On the 16th, Sapporo City also announced the death of one person, and the total number of dead people announced on the 16th in Hokkaido is six.
This brings the total number of infected people in Hokkaido to 20,13, of which 715 have died.