Saga Prefecture announced on the 15th that it has confirmed that 492 people have been newly infected with the new coronavirus.
In addition, one infected person in his 90s or older with an underlying illness who was hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture died.
Meanwhile, the prefecture canceled one of the infected people announced on the 13th of this month as a false positive.
In Saga Prefecture, 38,208 people have been confirmed to be infected so far.