Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 3rd that 1222 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 144,131.
In addition, the prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that three people in the prefecture in their 80s and 90s who were infected with the new coronavirus died, bringing the number of deaths in the prefecture to 345.