Okinawa Prefecture announced on the 17th that it was confirmed that 4165 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
It surpassed the highest number of 3904 people on the 16th, which was the highest number ever, and the number of people confirmed to be infected in one day was the highest ever.
This is the first time that the number of people has exceeded 4000.
Infection was confirmed in 295,943 people in the prefecture.