On the 18th, it was announced that 220 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
The number of people decreased by 208 from Saturday a week ago, and fell below the same day of the previous week for 18 consecutive days.
On the other hand, Chiba Prefecture announced that it will exclude teenage men in Sakura City, which was announced on the 29th of last month, from the number of infected people because the medical institution withdrew the outbreak report.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 98,092.
In addition, two men and women in their 70s who were confirmed to have been infected were announced to have died, bringing the total number of deaths to 968 to date.