On the 1st, Sapporo City and Hokkaido announced that 39 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Infection was confirmed in a total of 39 people, including 24 in Sapporo, 11 in Michi, 2 in Hakodate, 1 in Asahikawa, and 1 in Otaru.
Meanwhile, Michi announced that a man in his 80s, who had previously been confirmed to be infected, had died.
As a result, the total number of infected people in Hokkaido is 41,371, including 25,909 in Sapporo, of which 1,400 have died.