On the 9th, it was announced that 152 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 34,387.
Meanwhile, a new death was announced for a man in his 80s who had been confirmed infected, bringing the total number of deaths to 641.
In addition, it was newly confirmed that 60 of the confirmed infections were infected with the mutated virus.
A total of 717 people have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.
In addition, Chiba Prefecture announced that it has been confirmed that seven people in their 60s to 90s or older who have been clustered in social welfare facilities have been infected with the mutant virus.
According to the prefecture, it is the 6th case that a cluster due to a mutant virus has been confirmed.