Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 7th that they have confirmed that a total of 21 new people have been infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 6509.
In addition, Tochigi Prefecture announced that one patient infected with the new coronavirus died on the 5th, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 79.