Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 18th that a total of 774 people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, the prefecture corrected that the outbreak report was withdrawn for one infected person announced on the 16th.
The total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 38,767.
In addition, Tochigi Prefecture announced that two new patients have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 156.