Osaka Prefecture announced on the 17th that it was confirmed that 2549 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of people confirmed to be infected on Monday was the highest ever, and the total number of infected people in the prefecture was 225,409.
In addition, 11 seriously ill patients are hospitalized in the prefecture, an increase of 2 from the 16th.
On the other hand, there were no announcements of people who died of infection.