In Kumamoto Prefecture, it was announced on the 8th that it was confirmed that 1030 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, as the two infected people announced on the 5th and 7th of this month were double-counted, that amount was excluded from the cumulative total, and the total number of infected people in the prefecture is 35,359.
In addition, three deaths were announced, including a man in his 90s in Kumamoto City who was in the hospital, a woman in his 80s in Yatsushiro City, and a man in his 100s under the jurisdiction of the Mifune Health Center who was in a facility for the elderly. , The number of people who died in the prefecture is 164.