Osaka Prefecture announced on the 18th that it was confirmed that 3497 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the same day of the previous week, there are about 180 fewer people.
On the other hand, Osaka Prefecture has withdrawn one person announced on the 6th of this month from the number of infected people because of duplication.
This brings the total number of infected people in the prefecture to 934,696.
In addition, eight deaths were announced, and the total number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 4,998.
The number of seriously ill people is 20 as it was on the 17th.