Ibaraki Prefecture and Mito City announced on the 19th that it was confirmed that 296 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the most announcement on Thursday so far.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 17,288.
In addition, Ibaraki Prefecture announced that one person who was confirmed to be infected died.
Infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed in the prefecture, and 177 people died.