Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 16th that 1,617 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.

With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 102,391.



In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that nine people, including men and women in their 70s and over 100, who were infected with the new coronavirus, died, bringing the number of deaths in the prefecture to 245.