On the 17th, it was announced that 73 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Hokkaido.



Of these, 44 have been confirmed to be infected in Sapporo, 25 in Hokkaido, and 4 in Hakodate.

In addition, the city of Sapporo announced that a woman in her 90s and a man in her 70s, who had been confirmed to be infected, had died by the 16th.



In addition, Hokkaido also announced that women in their 90s and 80s had died by the 16th, bringing the total number of people who died in Hokkaido on the 17th to four.



This brings the total number of infected people in Hokkaido to 40,794 and the number of people who died to 1,331.