On the 20th, it was announced that 157 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
It is the first time since July 20th that the number of infected people announced in a day has fallen below 200.
The number of people decreased by 137 from the previous Monday, and fell below the same day of the previous week for 20 consecutive days.
On the other hand, Chiba Prefecture announced that the two people announced on the 14th and 17th of this month and Chiba City announced that the two people announced on the 29th and 31st of last month will be excluded from the number of infected people because the medical institution withdrew the outbreak report. Did.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 98,456.
In addition, no one has died, and a total of 974 people have died so far.