On the 21st, it was announced that 21 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
Two more people than Thursday a week ago.
It is the first time since August 31st that it has exceeded the same day of the previous week.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 100,221.
In addition, it was announced that a man in his 50s who had been hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture after being confirmed infected had died.
A total of 1021 people have died so far.