Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that a total of 41 people in their teens to 80s have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Yamaguchi Prefecture to 2831.
In addition, the prefecture announced that men in their 80s and women in their 90s who were infected with the new coronavirus died on the 24th, and the number of people infected with the new coronavirus who died in the prefecture has increased to 60.