On the 17th, it was announced that 124 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced that one woman in her 60s who announced the infection on the 9th of this month will be excluded from the number of infected people because the doctor withdrew the notification of the outbreak.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 38,801.
In addition, three new deaths have been announced for men and women in their 80s and 90s, who have been confirmed to be infected, bringing the total number of deaths to 699.