On the 8th, it was announced that 610 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.



It is the third consecutive day that the number of infected people per day has fallen below 1,000.



In addition, the number of people decreased by 524 from Wednesday a week ago, falling below the same day of the previous week for eight consecutive days.



On the other hand, for a man in his twenties announced by Kashiwa City on the 3rd of this month and a woman in his 40s announced by the prefecture on the 30th of last month that the infection was confirmed, the infected person withdrew the outbreak report from the medical institution. Announced that it will be excluded.



This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 94,477.



In addition, a total of 12 deaths have been announced for men and women in their 40s to 90s or older who have been confirmed to be infected, bringing the total number of deaths to 918 to date.