It was announced on the 1st in Kumamoto Prefecture that five new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, a total of 3511 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture and Kumamoto City announced that they were suspected of being infected with a mutant virus in the three people who were found to be infected late last month.
There are now four suspected cases of mutant virus infection in the prefecture.