Shiga Prefecture announced on the 26th that 2,743 new people in the prefecture were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people in Shiga Prefecture exceeded 2,000 for 10 consecutive days, but it was about 540 fewer than the same day last week, and fell below the same day last week for the first time in eight days.
A woman in her 80s was also confirmed dead.
With this, the total number of people who died in Shiga Prefecture has reached 284.
In addition, as of the 26th, there are 3 seriously ill people.