In Kumamoto Prefecture, it was announced on the 23rd that it was confirmed that 697 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, assuming that one person who was confirmed to be infected in Kumamoto City on the 18th of this month was double-counted, that amount was deleted from the cumulative total, and the total number of infected people in the prefecture was 45,968.
In addition, 3 men and women in their 90s and 4 men over 100 died, and 205 people died positive in the prefecture.