Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 21st that a total of 1805 people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of newly infected people announced on the 1st in the prefecture exceeded 1783 on the 20th, the highest number ever.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 105,804.
In addition, the prefecture announced that one male patient in his twenties had died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 284.