Fukuoka Prefecture announced on the 3rd that it was confirmed that 39 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The breakdown is 13 in Fukuoka City and 10 in Kitakyushu City.
A total of 19,119 people have been confirmed to be infected in Fukuoka Prefecture.
In addition, it was found that four new people in the prefecture were suspected of being infected with the mutated coronavirus.
In the future, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases will carry out detailed tests to confirm whether it is a mutant virus.