Osaka Prefecture announced on the 16th that 18,826 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of infected people in Osaka Prefecture has reached 1,660,832.
In addition, 44 deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died due to infection in the prefecture to 5,675.
The number of seriously ill patients increased by 9 from the 15th to 74.