Osaka Prefecture announced on the 6th that 22,550 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
That's over 270 fewer people than the same day last week.
With this, the total number of infected people in Osaka Prefecture has reached 1,492,827.
In addition, 23 deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died due to infection in the prefecture to 5457.
The number of seriously ill people decreased by one from the 5th to 73.