Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 18th that 3494 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
It was the first time that the number of infected people announced in a single day in Yamaguchi Prefecture exceeded 3,000, setting a new record for the second consecutive day.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 108,798.
In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that seven men and women in their 80s and 90s who were infected with the new coronavirus died, bringing the number of deaths in the prefecture to 259.