Nara Prefecture and Nara City announced on the 2nd that it was confirmed that 193 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
Thursday was the second highest number of new cases confirmed per day.
The prefecture also announced that a man in his 90s in Tenri, where the infection had been confirmed, had died.
As a result, a total of 13,566 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture, and 138 people have died.