Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 21st that it was confirmed that 1424 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the largest number of announcements made in a day, and the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 59,414.
In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that a total of three men and women in their 90s and women in their 80s have died.
After being infected with the new coronavirus, 187 people died.