Shiga Prefecture announced on the 22nd that it was confirmed that 1760 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.



This is about 1.8 times that of Friday a week ago, and the number of infected people in the prefecture per day exceeded 1389 on February 8th, the highest ever.



In addition, one man in his 80s was confirmed dead.



As a result, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 110,825, and the number of people who have died is 225.



As of the 22nd, there is only one seriously ill person.