Akita Prefecture and Akita City announced on the 8th that 16 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 1722.
Akita Prefecture also announced that three people who had been hospitalized in a medical institution were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of people who died after being confirmed to be infected in the prefecture was 26.