In Kumamoto Prefecture, it was announced on the 19th that 4,263 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, seven people announced so far were double-counted, so they were excluded from the cumulative total.
This brings the total number of infected people in the prefecture to 255,767.
In addition, six deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture who tested positive to 472.