Wakayama Prefecture announced on the 1st that 1,030 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Wakayama Prefecture has reached 117,289.
Two people have also been confirmed dead, bringing the total number of deaths in Wakayama to 213.
The number of severely ill people remained unchanged from the 31st of last month, at six.