Shizuoka Prefecture and others announced on the 20th that it was confirmed that 620 people were infected with the new coronavirus.
In addition, the prefecture announced that it would withdraw one person from the cumulative number of positives, saying that one person announced on the 15th of this month and one person announced on the 19th were the same person.
As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 16,898.
Shizuoka City also announced the deaths of two patients.
The number of people who died in the prefecture is 162.