Wakayama Prefecture announced on the 9th that two new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, and two men in their 60s and women in their 70s died.
Meanwhile, the prefecture has decided not to treat a man in his 70s, who was announced on the 8th, as an infected person because he was negative in a retest at a medical institution.
As a result, 2641 people have been confirmed infected and 47 people have died in Wakayama prefecture.