Mie Prefecture announced on the 18th that 4,642 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of new infections announced in a single day surpassed the 3,887 on the 10th of this month, making it the highest ever.
In addition, the prefecture made a correction on the 13th of this month, stating that the medical institution withdrew the notification of the outbreak of one of the new infections.
A total of 174,183 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the death of five infected people was announced, bringing the total number of people who died in Mie Prefecture to 395.