Aomori Prefecture announced on the 23rd that it was confirmed that 1585 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the second highest number of new infections per day.
It increased about 1.6 times last Saturday and was the highest on Saturday.
In addition, one man in his 80s or older who was confirmed to be infected died on the 20th of this month.
A total of 80,295 people have been confirmed infected in Aomori Prefecture, and 123 people have died.