Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 29th that a total of 2277 people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the third highest number of new infections announced each day.
As a result, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture is 122,522.
The prefecture also announced that two new patients have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 294.