On the 21st, it was announced that 38 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Ibaraki prefecture.
The number of people decreased by 40 from last Tuesday, falling below the same day of the previous week for 16 consecutive days.
It is the first time in about two months since July 19th that the number of daily announcements in Ibaraki Prefecture has fallen below 50.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 23,809.