Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 15th that 1,840 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
A total of 100,774 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that a total of four men in their 80s and 90s who were being treated for the new coronavirus had died.
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture and subsequently died has reached 236.