In Kanagawa Prefecture, it was announced on the 23rd that it was confirmed that 2831 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to Wednesday of the previous week, there are 1679 fewer people.
In addition, 10 deaths were announced in the prefecture.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced that one person who announced the infection on February 20 would be excluded from the infected because it was duplicated.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa Prefecture is now 570,979, of which 1970 have died.
The prefecture continues to call for thorough basic infection control measures.
The number of infected people does not include those who are undergoing voluntary medical treatment that does not fall under the Infectious Diseases Control Law.