In Kumamoto Prefecture, it was announced on the 2nd that 2010 people were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This brings the total number of infected people in the prefecture to 298,727.
On the other hand, the two people announced on the 31st of last month were withdrawn as duplicates.
In addition, five deaths were announced, and positive cases were confirmed in the prefecture, bringing the total number of deaths to 553.