In Chiba prefecture, it was announced on the 17th that 244 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of people announced in a day exceeded 200 for 4 consecutive days.
In addition, the number of people has increased by 40 from last Saturday, surpassing the same day of the previous week for 10 consecutive days.
A total of 43,305 people have been confirmed to be infected so far.
In addition, two deaths were announced, a man in his 70s and a woman in his 90s and above, bringing the total number of deaths to 725.