Okinawa Prefecture announced on the 17th that 4,837 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
That's 226 fewer than last Wednesday.
With this, the number of confirmed infections in the prefecture exceeded 430,000, reaching 431,635.
In addition, a total of 6 men and women aged 60 to 90 died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 548.