Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 18th that 260 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, Yamaguchi Prefecture withdrew the woman in Iwakuni City, which was announced on the 12th of this month, because it was positive in the antigen test but negative in the subsequent PCR test.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Yamaguchi Prefecture to 8633.