Mie Prefecture announced on the 5th that 2,859 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The prefecture has corrected the number of new infections announced on the 28th of last month and from the 2nd to 4th of this month, saying that the total number of new infections was 10, which was higher than the actual number.
A total of 138,973 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture announced one death, bringing the number of infected people who died in the prefecture to 349.