Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, announced that one person in his thirties has been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Hiroshima Prefecture to 5089.
Meanwhile, the city of Hiroshima announced that two people who had been infected with the new coronavirus and were hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture died on the 22nd.
The number of people who died in Hiroshima Prefecture is 106.