On the 18th, it was confirmed that 4937 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
It has been below the same day of the previous week for eight consecutive days.
In addition, the prefecture announced on the 17th that it had withdrawn the outbreak report for one person who announced confirmation of infection.
This brings the total number of infected people to 231 1441.
In addition, the deaths of 12 men and women were announced.
Of these, the age and gender of one was not disclosed as being the intention of the bereaved family.
In addition, the prefecture has made a correction to reduce the cumulative number of deaths by one, not including it in the cases in the prefecture, because the outbreak report was issued outside the prefecture for one person who announced the death on the 17th.
The number of people who died has exceeded 10 for 5 consecutive days, bringing the total to 1181.