Wakayama Prefecture announced on the 19th that 2,381 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This is an increase of about 430 people from the same day of the week last week, setting a record high for the second consecutive day.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Wakayama Prefecture has reached 97,100.
It was also announced that two infected people had died.
The number of severely ill people has decreased by 2 since the 18th, and there are 2 people.