Oita Prefecture announced on the 15th that 1041 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed.
On the other hand, two people who announced that the infection was confirmed on the 14th were withdrawn because they were confirmed to be negative as a result of re-examination.
For this reason, a total of 67,455 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
It was also announced that two infected people in their 70s and one over 80 years old died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 174.