Iwate Prefecture announced on the 8th that 803 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
92 fewer than on the same day a week ago.
In addition, the prefecture and Morioka City announced on the 27th of last month and on the 2nd and 4th of this month that each person had duplicated counts or negative PCR test results, so a total of three people has withdrawn its announcement.
The total number of infected people in the prefecture reached 62,369.
In addition, one death was announced, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 117.