In Niigata Prefecture, 3538 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
In addition, Niigata Prefecture has announced that five people who have been confirmed to be infected so far have died.
On the other hand, Niigata City canceled the four people's announcements, citing duplication in the announcements so far.
In addition, Niigata Prefecture withdrew one person announced so far, as the final test result was confirmed to be negative.
The total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture is 171,684.