Akita Prefecture and Akita City announced on the 15th that it was confirmed that 294 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the second highest number of announcements of the day, following the highest number of 299 people on the 1st of this month.
As a result, a total of 12,701 people have been confirmed infected in Akita Prefecture.
In addition, Akita Prefecture announced that two people who were confirmed to be infected died.
One of them died at a medical institution where he was ill and had a medical examination, and one died during medical treatment at a social welfare facility.
Infection was confirmed in the prefecture, and 43 people died.