Kagawa Prefecture announced on the 16th that it was confirmed that 439 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people announced in a day in the prefecture is the highest ever.
He also announced that one man in his 80s, who had been confirmed to be infected, had died.
A total of 13,861 people have been confirmed infected in Kagawa Prefecture, and a total of 57 people have died.