Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 21st that 3,122 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 118,214.
In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that a total of nine men and women in their 60s to 90s who were infected with the new coronavirus died, bringing the number of deaths in the prefecture to 282.