It was announced on the 17th that a total of 199 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st in the prefecture has fallen below 200 for the first time in 12 days since it reached 152 on the 5th of this month.
There are 38 fewer people than on Monday a week ago.
Meanwhile, a total of three women in their 80s and 90s have been announced dead.
In addition, the prefecture withdrew the woman in her 80s, which was announced on the 7th of this month, because the possibility of being infected was low because the subsequent PCR test was negative.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in the prefecture is now 58,070, of which 858 have died.