On the 14th, it was announced that a total of 205 people were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa Prefecture.
The number of infected people announced in the prefecture per day was the highest, exceeding 200 for the first time since the state of emergency was lifted last month.
In addition, there are 87 more people than Wednesday a week ago.
On the other hand, there were no announcements of the dead.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is now 49,960, of which 800 have died.
8 people infected with mutant virus
Kanagawa Prefecture announced on the 14th that it has confirmed that eight men and women in their 20s to 60s have been infected with the mutated coronavirus.
In both cases, infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed from the beginning to the middle of this month, and it was found by screening tests by the government and the private sector.
Of these, three men in their twenties, fifties and sixties have been found to have a mutant virus that is spreading in South Africa, and others are being tested.
Two of the eight have already been treated and six are all mild or asymptomatic, but five of them are hospitalized and one is being treated at the accommodation.
In Kanagawa prefecture, people infected with the mutant virus have been confirmed one after another, and the total number is 166.