On the 6th, Governor Nakamura of Ehime Prefecture announced that he had requested the government to extend the "priority measures such as prevention of spread" that are supposed to be until the 11th of this month.
A total of 11 people in their 20s and 80s were newly confirmed to be infected in Ehime Prefecture, with 6 people in Imabari City and 3 people in Matsuyama City by place of residence.
Infection has now been confirmed in 2450 people in the prefecture, of which 1098 are considered positive for the mutant virus.
It was also announced that two people had died, bringing the number of people dead in Ehime prefecture to 50.
At the press conference, Governor Nakamura revealed that he had contacted the Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura on the 5th, saying, "The burden on the medical system in the prefecture has not been reduced and the influence of the movement of people during the Golden Week holidays. I frankly told them that I needed to identify them. "
On that basis, he announced on the 6th that he requested the government to extend the "priority measures such as prevention of spread", which is supposed to be until the 11th of this month, saying that "it is necessary to continue".