Gifu Prefecture has announced that one person who was infected with the new coronavirus and was being treated has died.
The number of infected people who died in the prefecture is 132.
In addition, Gifu Prefecture and Gifu City announced that 72 new cases have been confirmed.
The number of confirmed infections per day exceeded 70, since 89 on January 16th, and the total number of confirmed infections in Gifu Prefecture has reached 5725.