On the 19th, it was announced that 129 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
It is the second consecutive day that the number of daily infection announcements has exceeded 120.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 28,438.
In addition, the number of newly infected people in the prefecture until the 19th was 1.03 times that of the previous week, and has exceeded 1 times since the 7th of this month.
Meanwhile, four new deaths have been announced for people in their 80s and older who have been confirmed to be infected, bringing the total number of deaths to 536.