Nara Prefecture and Nara City announced on the 5th that it was confirmed that 1087 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of new infections per day was the highest ever on Saturday.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections to 60,115.
In addition, six new deaths have been announced, bringing the total number of deaths to 288 to date.
On the other hand, the number of seriously ill people has decreased by 5 from the 4th to 18 people.