With the new coronavirus, 1039 new infections were announced in Ibaraki Prefecture on the 20th.
It is the sixth consecutive day that the number of announcements per day exceeds 1,000.
Compared to Wednesday a week ago, there are 407 more people, 19 days in a row, surpassing the same day of the previous week.
In addition, two women in their 80s and one man in their 50s were announced to have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 460.