With the new coronavirus, 1525 new infections were announced in Ibaraki Prefecture on the 20th.
There are 345 more people than last Sunday.
A total of 63,569 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture announced that four men and women in their 70s and 80s who had been infected with the new coronavirus died, of which one man in his 70s died during home medical treatment.
The number of people who died in the prefecture was 264.