Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 21st that it was confirmed that 119 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
A total of 47,896 cases of infection have been confirmed in the prefecture.
In addition, Yamaguchi Prefecture announced that a woman in her 90s, who had been infected with the new coronavirus, died on the 19th, and the number of infected people in the prefecture was 179.