Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 20th that it was confirmed that 1193 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people announced in Yamaguchi Prefecture per day was the highest ever, and the total number of confirmed infections in Yamaguchi Prefecture was 57,990.
In addition, Shimonoseki City announced that a man in his 50s who had been infected with the new coronavirus died on the 19th, and the number of infected people in the prefecture was 184.