Mie Prefecture announced on the 16th that 1,774 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
In addition, the prefecture corrected the number of new infections announced on August 3, saying that it had announced two more than the actual number.
A total of 165,838 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the death of two infected people was announced, bringing the total number of people who died in Mie Prefecture to 384.