On the 18th, it was announced that a total of 23 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Kanagawa prefecture.
This is the lowest number of infected people announced on the 1st.
In addition, there are 26 fewer people than the previous Monday, which is 53 consecutive days below the same day of the previous week.
The city of Yokohama also announced that a man in his 70s died on the 14th of this month.
On the other hand, Kanagawa Prefecture announced that one teenage woman who announced the infection on the 16th will be excluded from the number of infected people as a result of PCR test, as the suspicion of infection is low.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa Prefecture is 168,713, of which 1297 have died.