It was announced on the 6th in Hiroshima Prefecture that a total of 40 people in Hiroshima City and Higashi-Hiroshima City have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
It is the second consecutive day following the 5th that the number of confirmed infections per day falls below 50.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Hiroshima Prefecture to 11,012.
In addition, Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima City announced that they were infected with the new coronavirus and that two people who had been hospitalized at medical institutions in the prefecture died.
After being infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture, 145 people died.