Wakayama Prefecture announced on the 15th that 1447 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the same day of the week in the previous week, there were 239 fewer people, and the decrease continued on the 14th.
A total of 89,591 people were confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, 6 people were newly announced to have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 171.
The number of seriously ill patients remained unchanged from the 14th.