On the 3rd, 6930 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Hokkaido, and 7 deaths were announced.



The number of new infections in a single day surpassed 6,594 on the 29th of last month, the highest ever.



Newly confirmed infections were


▽ 3,095 in Sapporo


, 484 in Ishikari


, 405 in Tokachi


, 390 in Sorachi


, 380 in Asahikawa


, 374 in Hakodate,


and 353 in Okhotsk.


▽ 342 people in the

Iburi region ▽


196 people in the Kamikawa region ▽


195 people in the Kushiro region ▽


174 people in Otaru city ▽


145 people in the Oshima region ▽


112 people in the Shiribeshi region ▽


57 people in the Nemuro region ▽


51 people in the Soya region


▽ There are 36 in the Rumoi region


, 27 in the Hidaka region


, 26 in the Hiyama region, and 88 people, including 67 people outside of


Hokkaido


who have been announced as "others," for a total of 6,930 people.



In addition, among the people who have been confirmed to be infected so far,


3 women in their 90s, 2 men and women in their 80s, 1 man in their 70s, and 1 person


whose age and gender have not been disclosed by Asahikawa City. A total of seven deaths have been announced.



With this, the total number of infected people in Hokkaido is 473,768, including 229,019 in Sapporo, and 2,154 people have died.