Oita Prefecture announced on the 21st that 30 new people infected with the new coronavirus have been confirmed.
The number of newly infected people announced on the 1st in the prefecture is the third highest in the past, and more than 30 people are announced on the 1st since January 26th.
With this, a total of 1415 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, Oita Prefecture announced that a man in his 70s who had been hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture had died.
Twenty-three people died from being infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.