In Kumamoto Prefecture, it was announced on the 20th that 4,254 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, a total of four people announced so far were double counted, so they were excluded from the cumulative total.
With this, the total number of infected people in the prefecture has reached 260,17.
In addition, 6 deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died after being confirmed positive in the prefecture to 478.