In Chiba Prefecture, it was announced on the 16th that it was confirmed that 135 new people had been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of people who were announced to be infected in the prefecture was 35,471.
In addition, it was newly confirmed that 34 of the previously confirmed infections were infected with the mutated virus.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections with the mutant virus was 1020, exceeding 1000.