Osaka Prefecture announced on the 17th that it was confirmed that 1125 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the same day of the previous week, there are more than 60 fewer people.
This brings the total number of infected people in the prefecture to 996,220.
In addition, two deaths were announced, and the number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 5,101.
There are 7 seriously ill people, the same as on the 16th.