On the 26th, it was announced that 1396 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
It is the 15th consecutive day that the number of confirmed infections exceeds 1000 per day.
On the other hand, the number of people decreased by 14 from Thursday a week ago, and fell below the same day of the previous week for 5 consecutive days.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 80,215.
In addition, nine men in their 50s to 90s or older who were confirmed to be infected in Chiba Prefecture were announced to have died, bringing the total number of deaths to 818 to date.