Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 2nd that a total of 3,223 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of new infections announced in a single day in Tochigi Prefecture is the highest ever, exceeding 2,881 on the 30th of last month, and is the first time to exceed 3,000.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture has reached 132,228.
In addition, the prefecture announced that six new patients died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 310.