Ibaraki Prefecture and Mito City announced on the 16th that it was confirmed that 139 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of people decreased by 44 from last Thursday, falling below the same day of the previous week for 11 consecutive days.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 23,405.
In addition, Ibaraki Prefecture announced that one person had died, bringing the total to 206.