Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 1st that 1,626 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 141,289.
In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that a total of 7 men and women in their 60s to 90s who were infected with the new coronavirus died in the prefecture, bringing the number of deaths in the prefecture to 342.