Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City have announced that 11 men and women between the ages of 10 and 80 have been newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Yamaguchi Prefecture to 5,518.
In addition, the death of a man in his 80s who was hospitalized in a medical institution was announced, bringing the total number of infected people in the prefecture to 89.