Nara Prefecture and Nara City announced on the 18th that it was confirmed that 162 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
The number of new infections confirmed on the 1st exceeded 138 on the 11th of this month, the highest ever.
A total of 10,672 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
On the other hand, there were no announcements of people who died of infection.