On the 22nd, it was announced that 343 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
The number of daily infection announcements exceeded 300 for the second consecutive day, the highest since January 24, when the second state of emergency was declared.
In addition, the number of people has increased by 90 from Thursday a week ago, and has exceeded the same day of the previous week for 15 consecutive days.
A total of 44,637 people have been confirmed to be infected so far.