Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 17th that they have confirmed that 30 new people are infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture to 4,335.
He also announced that one of the previously confirmed infections was confirmed to be infected with the mutated coronavirus by a test conducted by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
A total of two people were confirmed infected with the mutant virus in the prefecture.