Due to the new coronavirus, 4,804 new infections were announced in Ibaraki Prefecture on the 19th, making it the second largest number of single-day announcements so far.
More than 1400 more people than the same day of the previous week.
It's the first time in 12 days that it surpassed the same day of the previous week.
A total of 275,078 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
Three people in their 80s and 90s died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 530.