On the 28th, it was announced that 76 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
This is the third time since July that the number of infected people announced in a day has fallen below 100, following 92 on the 21st of this month and 83 on the 27th.
In addition, the number of people decreased by 16 from Tuesday one week ago, and fell below the same day of the previous week for 28 consecutive days.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 99,384.
In addition, the death of a man in his 60s who was confirmed to be infected was announced, and the total number of deaths so far has reached 991.