Wakayama Prefecture announced on the 16th that it was confirmed that three men and women in their 40s and 50s were newly infected with the new coronavirus.



In the prefecture, 1182 people have been confirmed to be infected so far.

Wakayama Prefecture also announced that three other men and women who had been confirmed to be infected by the 15th were confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.



This is the first time that infection with a mutant virus has been confirmed in Wakayama Prefecture.