On the 20th, it was announced that a total of 2878 people, the largest number ever, were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa Prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st has exceeded 2000 for 8 consecutive days, increasing by 597 from Friday a week ago, and the infection continues to spread rapidly.
In addition, Kawasaki City and Fujisawa City announced that a total of three people had been confirmed dead.
On the other hand, Fujisawa City has corrected the number of infected people by one, saying that the woman in her 60s announced on the 11th and 15th of this month was the same person.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced so far in Kanagawa Prefecture is 122,415, of which 1052 have died.