Osaka Prefecture announced on the 5th that 20,327 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
A little over 1,000 less than the same day last week.
On the other hand, the prefectural government withdrew the five people announced so far from the number of infected people, saying there was a duplication.
With this, the total number of infected people in Osaka Prefecture has reached 1,470,277.
In addition, 16 deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died due to infection in the prefecture to 5434.
In addition, the number of severely ill children increased by 9 from the 4th to 74, including preschool children with no underlying diseases who became seriously ill.