On the 18th, it was announced that 89 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 35,688.
In addition, two new deaths were announced, including a man in his 70s who had been confirmed to be infected with the mutated virus, bringing the total number of deaths to 657.
In addition, it was newly confirmed that 33 of the previously confirmed infections were infected with the mutant virus.
A total of 1067 people have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus.