Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City have announced that a total of 52 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 5,135.
In addition, the death of one man in his 70s who was hospitalized in a medical institution was confirmed, and the total number of infected people who died in the prefecture was 87.