On the 17th, it was confirmed that 5744 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
It has been below the same day of the previous week for 7 consecutive days.
In addition, the prefecture announced that it had withdrawn the outbreak report for the four people who announced confirmation of infection between the 28th of last month and the 14th of this month.
This brings the total number of infected people to 226,505.
In addition, a total of 15 deaths were announced, including men and women in their 60s and 90s.
The number of people who died exceeded 10 for 4 consecutive days, the highest number in the 6th wave, and the cumulative total was 1170.