On the 18th, it was announced that six new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.



This is the lowest number of infected people announced each day.



On the other hand, Chiba Prefecture announced that women in their 40s, announced on the 12th of this month, will be excluded from the number of infected people because the medical institution has withdrawn the outbreak report.



This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 100,176.



In addition, the death of a man in his 70s who had been confirmed to be infected was announced.



A total of 1017 people have died so far.