Oita Prefecture announced on the 20th that it was confirmed that 1940 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of new infections per day exceeded the highest number of 1,124 people on the 13th of this month by more than 800, setting a new record high.
In addition, the two people announced as infected on the 19th were withdrawn because they were counted as duplicates.
As a result, a total of 72,988 people were confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.