Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 28th that a total of 702 people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of newly infected people announced in the prefecture in one day exceeded 700 for the first time, and reached a record high for four consecutive days.
The prefecture withdrew one infected person announced on the 26th, saying that the outbreak report was withdrawn.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 22,504.