Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 22nd that 114 new people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture is 48,010.
In addition, Yamaguchi Prefecture announced that a man in his 80s who had been infected with the new coronavirus died on the 21st, and the number of infected people in the prefecture has increased to 180.