Saga Prefecture announced on the 21st that 1,252 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
In addition, one infected person over the age of 90 who had an underlying disease died.
On the other hand, the prefecture withdrew the two people announced as infected on the 20th, saying that they were false positives.
A total of 124,475 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture so far.