In Iwate Prefecture, 73 people were announced to be infected with the new coronavirus on the 1st.
Compared to Friday a week ago, there is one less person.
It is the first time in three days that the number of newly infected people has fallen below the same day of the previous week.
The cumulative number of infected people has reached 38,120.
One person was announced to die on the 1st, bringing the total number of people who died in Iwate Prefecture to 97.