Miyagi Prefecture and Sendai City announced on the 18th that 219 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of people decreased by 106 from last Monday, falling below the same day of the previous week for the second consecutive day.
The prefecture and Sendai City also announced that two patients had died.
Since Miyagi Prefecture withdrew the three cases announced as infected people on the 11th and 14th of this month, the total number of infected people in the prefecture was 67,845, and the total number of infected people who died was 182.