Ibaraki Prefecture announced on the 18th that it was confirmed that one new person was infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the lowest number of infected people announced each day.
Compared to last Monday, the number of people who have been confirmed to be infected has decreased by two, and the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 24,357.
It is the first time in about a year since October 27, last year that one infected person was announced in the prefecture on the 1st.
On the other hand, Mito City announced that one person had died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 218.