Osaka Prefecture announced on the 16th that it was confirmed that 944 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the same day of the previous week, there are more than 500 people down.
As a result, the total number of infected people in the prefecture is 936,269.
In addition, one death was announced, and the total number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 4,990.
The number of seriously ill people has increased by one from the 15th to 21 people.