On the 17th, it was announced that a total of 539 people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st has exceeded 500 since January, when the second state of emergency was declared in Kanagawa Prefecture.
In addition, the number of people has increased by 229 compared to Saturday a week ago, and the infection is spreading rapidly.
Meanwhile, the deaths of five men and women in their 60s and 90s in Yokohama, Sagamihara, and Hakone have been announced.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa Prefecture is now 72,652, of which 975 have died.