On the 26th, it was announced that 509 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.



This is the highest number of new infections announced on the 1st, surpassing 506 on January 16th.



In addition, the number of people has increased by 275 from the previous Monday, and has exceeded the same day of the previous week for 19 consecutive days.



A total of 46,060 people have been confirmed to be infected so far.



In addition, the death of one man in his 70s was announced, bringing the total number of deaths to 729.



The number of seriously ill people in the prefecture is 21 as of 1:00 pm on the 26th, and the usage rate for 101 dedicated beds for severely ill people secured in the prefecture is 20.8%.