In Kanagawa Prefecture, it was announced on the 16th that it was confirmed that 7638 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the previous Saturday, there are 3629 more people, 1.9 times more.
The number of infected people per day has increased to 7,000 or more for the second consecutive day, and has increased for 30 consecutive days more than the same day of the previous week.
No death was announced.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced that a woman in her 50s in Chiba prefecture, who had announced the infection on the 13th, will be excluded from the infected because it was a patient that should be announced by another local government.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa Prefecture is now 844,186, of which 2,251 have died.
The number of new infections with the new coronavirus continues to increase rapidly, and the prefecture continues to call for thorough basic infection control measures.
The number of infected people does not include those who do not fall under the Infectious Diseases Control Law and are undergoing voluntary medical treatment.