Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 3rd that a total of 2,859 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of new infections announced on the same day in Tochigi Prefecture is the third highest ever.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 135,087.
In addition, the prefecture announced that two new patients died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 312.