It was announced on the 9th that 1531 people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Ibaraki prefecture.
It's more than 1.3 times more than last Wednesday, the highest number ever on Wednesday.
It is the 8th consecutive day since the 2nd of this month that the number of announcements per day exceeds 1000.
In addition, the prefecture announced that one person infected with the new coronavirus died, and 234 people died in the prefecture.