On the 16th, it was announced that nine new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
This is the lowest number of infected people announced on the 1st, and the number of infected people has fallen below 10 since July 6, last year, when it was 9.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 100,154.
In addition, the death of a man in his 60s who had been confirmed to be infected was announced.
This brings the total number of people who have died so far to 1016.