With the new coronavirus, 339 new infections were announced in Ibaraki Prefecture on the 6th.
Compared to Wednesday a week ago, there are 140 more people, five consecutive days higher than the same day of the previous week.
It is the first time in about a month since the 3rd of last month that the number of infected people announced in a day has exceeded 300.
A total of 166,641 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced that a man in his 90s had died, and the number of people who died in the prefecture was 448.