On the 15th, it was announced that 354 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
The number of people decreased by 255 from Wednesday a week ago, and fell below the same day of the previous week for 15 consecutive days.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced on the 3rd and 11th of this month that two men and women under the age of 10 will be excluded from the number of infected people because the medical institution withdrew the outbreak report.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 97,334.
In addition, a total of five deaths have been announced for men and women in their 40s and 90s who have been confirmed to be infected, bringing the total number of deaths to 957 to date.