On the 24th, it was announced that 119 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
The number of people decreased by 126 from Friday a week ago, and fell below the same day of the previous week for 24 consecutive days.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 98,973.
In addition, the death of one woman in her 80s who was confirmed to be infected was announced, and the total number of deaths so far has reached 986.