On the 6th, it was announced that 111 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 33,975.
In addition, the death of one man in his 80s who had been confirmed to be infected was newly announced, bringing the total number of deaths to 628.
In addition, it was newly confirmed that 23 of the confirmed infections were infected with the mutated virus.
A total of 544 people have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.