Shiga Prefecture announced on the 10th that 2,578 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.



It was the highest number of infected people announced on Wednesday in the prefecture so far, and the number of infected people in the prefecture exceeded 2,000 for 15 consecutive days.



In addition, four men and women aged between 70 and 90 have died.



With this, a total of 152,748 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture, and 248 people have died.



On the other hand, as of the 10th, there are two seriously ill people.