On the 10th, it was announced that 172 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
This is the third largest number since the state of emergency was lifted in March, bringing the number of people announced to be infected to 34,559.
Meanwhile, a man in his 60s who died on the 9th after being transported by emergency with cardiopulmonary arrest was found to have been infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 642.
In addition, it was newly confirmed that 16 of the confirmed infections were infected with the mutated virus.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections with the mutant virus to 733.