Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City have announced that a total of 77 people between the ages of 10 and 80 have been newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Yamaguchi Prefecture to 5029.
In addition, the death of one woman in her 90s who was hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture was confirmed, and the total number of infected people who died in the prefecture was 86.