Sapporo City announced that 277 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
In addition to this, on the 8th, 87 people were announced on the road, 20 people in Otaru city, 15 people in Asahikawa city, and 4 people in Hakodate city, and the number of confirmed infections on the 1st was the highest this month. The number of people increased to 403, far exceeding 326 on the 2nd.
The number of confirmed infections in Sapporo City on the 1st exceeded 251 on the 6th of this month, the highest number ever.
In addition, Sapporo City announced that a total of three people, one male in their 60s, one female in their 70s, and one female in their 90s, who lived in the city where infection had been confirmed, have died.
This brings the total number of infected people in Hokkaido to 26,175 and the number of people dead to 890.