On the 15th, it was announced that 140 new people had been infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture, and the number of people announced to be infected in the prefecture was 35,336.
In addition, two new deaths have been announced, including a man in his 70s who has been confirmed to be infected with the mutated virus, bringing the total number of deaths to 655.
In addition, it was newly confirmed that 77 of the previously confirmed infections were infected with the mutated virus, the highest number of presentations per day to date.
A total of 986 people have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.