On the 7th, it was confirmed that 2406 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Chiba prefecture.
It is the first time since January 23 that the number of infected people announced per day has fallen below 2,500, down 799 from last Monday.
On the other hand, the prefecture has announced that a total of 10 people announced from January 26th to March 6th will be excluded from the infected.
This brings the total number of infected people to 292,659.
In addition, 14 deaths were announced for men and women in their 70s and 90s.
A total of 1431 people have died.