On the 16th, it was announced that 296 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
The number of people decreased by 293 from Thursday a week ago, and fell below the same day of the previous week for 16 consecutive days.
Meanwhile, Kashiwa City announced that women in their 20s, announced on the 14th of this month, will be excluded from the number of infected people because medical institutions have withdrawn the outbreak report.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 97,629.
In addition, a total of 6 deaths were announced for men and women in their 30s and 80s who were confirmed to be infected, bringing the total number of deaths to 963 to 963.