Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 17th that 2,913 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people announced in a single day in Yamaguchi Prefecture is the highest so far, and the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 105,304.
In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that a total of seven men and women in their 40s to 80s who were infected with the new coronavirus died, bringing the number of deaths in the prefecture to 252.