In Hokkaido, it was announced on the 18th that it was confirmed that 76 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
In addition, Sapporo City announced that one woman in her 70s and two women in her 80s, who had been confirmed to be infected, had died.
This brings the total number of infected people in Hokkaido to 40,870 and the number of dead infected people to 1,334.