On the 13th, it was announced that 62 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
This brings the total number of people confirmed to be infected to 30,896.
In addition, five new deaths have been announced for people in their 60s and above, bringing the total number of deaths to 594.
A man in his 60s was found stuck at home by a family member living with him and was taken to an emergency department but died shortly afterwards, and subsequent tests confirmed the infection.
There were no announcements of people infected with the mutant virus.