Osaka Prefecture announced on the 4th that it was confirmed that 1493 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the same day of the previous week, there are more than 700 people.
As a result, the total number of infected people in the prefecture is 980,351.
In addition, eight deaths were announced, and the total number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 5070.
The number of seriously ill people is 16 as it was on the 3rd.