Osaka Prefecture announced on the 8th that 8,164 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
About 880 more people than the same day of the week last week.
On the other hand, the prefecture withdrew the two people announced on the 6th from the number of infected people, saying that there was a duplication.
With this, the total number of infected people in Osaka Prefecture has reached 1,519,297.
In addition, 10 deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died due to infection in the prefecture to 5486.
The number of severely ill people remains unchanged from the 7th, at 71, but preschool children without underlying diseases are newly becoming severely ill.