In Kanagawa Prefecture, it was announced on the 24th that it was confirmed that 5276 people, the largest number ever, were infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to Monday a week ago, it has nearly tripled.
This is the first time that the number of infected people announced in a day has exceeded 5,000, surpassing the 3,794 on the 23rd by more than 1,000, the highest number ever.
Chigasaki City also announced that two men in their 80s who had been confirmed infected had died.
On the other hand, Yokosuka City announced that the three people announced on the 22nd of this month will be excluded from the infected people because they were duplicated.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa Prefecture is 203,351, of which 1330 have died.