Kumamoto Prefecture and Kumamoto City announced on the 17th that 70 new people were found to be infected with the new coronavirus.



As a result, a total of 5,485 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.



In addition, a man in his 70s and a woman in his 90s in Kumamoto City, and a woman in his 90s in Aso City died, bringing the death toll in the prefecture to 89.