Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 7th that 206 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.



This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture to 40,073.



Yamaguchi Prefecture also announced that a woman in her 80s who had been infected with the new coronavirus died on the 6th.



The death toll of infected people in the prefecture has reached 178.