On the 9th, it was announced that 591 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
It is the fourth consecutive day that the number of infected people per day has fallen below 1,000.
In addition, the number of people decreased by 498 from Thursday a week ago, falling below the same day of the previous week for 9 consecutive days.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 95,068.
In addition, a total of 15 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 933 to date.