Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 19th that it was newly confirmed that a total of 273 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of new infected people announced in Tochigi prefecture per day exceeded 200 on the 18th, setting a new record high for the second consecutive day.
With this, the number of people confirmed to be infected in Tochigi Prefecture is 11,054.
In addition, Tochigi Prefecture announced the death of one new person, and infection was confirmed in the prefecture, and the number of people who died was 98.