On the 4th, it was announced that 124 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
This brings the number of people announced to be infected to 33,743.
In addition, one newly confirmed death was announced, bringing the total number of deaths to 626.
Infected 15 mutant viruses
In addition, it was newly confirmed that 15 of the confirmed infections were infected with the mutated virus.
This brings the total number of confirmed mutant virus infections to 474.