Osaka Prefecture announced on the 7th that 18,309 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
More than 1,800 more people than the same day of the week the previous week.
On the other hand, the prefectural government withdrew one person 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 1,511,135.
In addition, 19 deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died of infection in the prefecture to 5476.
The number of seriously ill patients decreased by two from the 6th to 71.