On the 18th, it was announced that a total of 2021 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st has exceeded 2000 for the 6th consecutive day.
The number of people has increased by 460 compared to Wednesday a week ago, and the infection continues to spread rapidly.
In addition, the prefecture, Yokohama City, and Kawasaki City announced that a total of eight people had been confirmed dead.
According to NHK's summary, 117,198 people have been infected so far in Kanagawa prefecture, of which 1045 have died.