Osaka Prefecture announced on the 16th that it was confirmed that 12,351 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
It's been over 10,000 since the 13th of this month, more than 2.2 times more than the same day of the previous week.
As a result, the total number of infected people in Osaka Prefecture has reached 1,106,188.
In addition, the death of one woman in her 50s was announced, bringing the total number of people who died from infection in the prefecture to 5232.
The number of severely ill people has increased by 2 from the 15th to 11 people.