Saga Prefecture announced on the 16th that 1,795 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
In addition, two people, one in their 70s and 80s and one in their 90s or older with underlying diseases, died.
On the other hand, the prefecture withdrew the two people announced on the 15th, saying that they had announced duplicate infected people.
A total of 112,718 infections have been confirmed in the prefecture so far.