Ibaraki Prefecture and Mito City announced on the 9th that 217 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the most announced Monday ever.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 14,561.
Ibaraki Prefecture also announced that two people with confirmed infections had died.
Infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed in Ibaraki prefecture, and 172 people died.