On the 27th, it was announced that 216 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Hiroshima Prefecture.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture is 167,836.
Hiroshima Prefecture also announced that one patient who had been hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture after being infected with the new coronavirus died on the 24th of this month.
The number of people who died after being infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture was 495.