With the new coronavirus, 1138 new infections were announced in Ibaraki Prefecture on the 16th.
With 393 fewer people than last Wednesday, the number of newly announced infections has fallen below the same day of the previous week for the fourth consecutive day since the 13th of this month.
A total of 57,504 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture announced that three men and women in their 80s and 90s who had been infected with the new coronavirus and were hospitalized in medical institutions in the prefecture died, and 250 people died in the prefecture.