Tochigi Prefecture and Utsunomiya City announced on the 9th that a total of 3,279 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
It is the second highest number of infected people in a day.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture has reached 149,858.
In addition, the prefecture announced that four new patients died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 323.