According to the announcement by Saga Prefecture, it was confirmed that 547 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus on the 9th.
The number of infected people per day has exceeded 500 for two consecutive days.
In addition, one infected person in his 80s or older who was hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture died.
On the other hand, the prefecture withdrew one of the infected people on the 8th because it was duplicated.
So far, a total of 15,997 infections have been confirmed in the prefecture.