In Kanagawa Prefecture, it was announced on the 17th that it was confirmed that 8147 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
There are 3844 more people than last Sunday.
The number of infected people has exceeded the same day of the previous week for 31 consecutive days, and the number of infected people per day has exceeded 8,000 since February 18th.
The city of Yokohama also announced the death of a man in his 80s.
On the other hand, Sagamihara City announced that women in their thirties who had announced the infection on the 13th of this month will be excluded from the infected people because they were duplicated.
According to NHK's summary, the number of infected people announced in Kanagawa Prefecture is now 852,332, of which 2,252 have died.
The prefecture continues to call for thorough basic infection control measures.
The number of infected people does not include those who are undergoing voluntary medical treatment that does not fall under the Infectious Diseases Control Law.