On the 19th, it was confirmed that 1605 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
It is the first time since August 28, last year that the number of confirmed infections exceeds 1,600 per day.
In addition, the number of people increased by 1140 from Tuesday a week ago, about 3.4 times.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections is 110,301.
As of the 18th, no one was seriously ill.
There were no announcements of those who died.