Osaka Prefecture announced on the 15th that 9,541 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, the prefectural government withdrew the 18 people 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 1,642,006.
In addition, four deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died of infection in the prefecture to 5,631.
The number of seriously ill patients increased by 5 from the 14th to 65.