Ibaraki Prefecture and Mito City announced on the 24th that they have confirmed that 26 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture to 9427.
Mito City announced that one woman who had been hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture had died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 143.
11 people infected with mutant virus
In addition, among those confirmed to be infected by the 24th, it was confirmed that 11 new cases were infected with the mutated coronavirus, and the total number of confirmed infections was 615.