It was announced on the 5th that a total of 1242 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st was 1,120 less than on Sunday a week ago, falling below the same day of the previous week for 10 consecutive days.
In addition, it was announced that two women in their 80s had died in the prefecture.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa Prefecture is 156,168, of which 1141 have died.