Osaka Prefecture announced on the 18th that it was confirmed that 951 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the same day of the previous week, there are about 500 fewer people.
On the other hand, Osaka Prefecture withdrew from infected people because the four people announced from the 7th to the 17th of this month were duplicated.
As a result, the total number of infected people in Osaka Prefecture is 859,741.
In addition, there were no announcements of people who died of infection.
The number of severely ill people is 38, the same as on the 17th.