On the 16th, it was announced that 277 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
The number of people announced on the 1st was the highest since January 30th, when the second state of emergency was declared in Chiba prefecture, and exceeded 250 people for the second consecutive day.
In addition, the number of people has increased by 98 from last Friday, surpassing the same day of the previous week for 9 consecutive days.
So far, a total of 43,061 people have been confirmed infected.
In addition, one man in his 80s was announced dead, bringing the total number of deaths to 723.