Kagawa Prefecture announced on the 5th that 1,321 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
It was also announced that two people, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 80s who had been confirmed to be infected, died.
In addition, the prefecture withdrew a total of four people announced as infected on the 31st of last month, the 1st of this month, and the 4th, citing duplication.
A total of 76,355 people have been confirmed infected in Kagawa Prefecture, and 157 people have died.