In Chiba Prefecture, it was announced on the 17th that it was confirmed that 128 new people had been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of people who were announced to be infected in the prefecture was 35,599.
There were no announcements of those who died.
In addition, it was newly confirmed that 14 of the previously confirmed infections were infected with the mutated virus.
A total of 1034 people have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.