Ibaraki Prefecture and Mito City announced on the 29th that they have confirmed 58 new infections with the new coronavirus.
A total of 8098 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
In addition, Ibaraki Prefecture announced that 28 of the confirmed infections had been infected with the mutated coronavirus by the 29th.
This is the largest number of people announced by the prefecture on a daily basis.
A total of 237 people have been confirmed to be infected with the mutated virus.