Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City announced on the 5th that 1,659 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
There were less than 800 people compared to the same day of the previous week.
This is the first time since July 19 that the number of new infections per day has fallen below 2,000.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in Kyoto Prefecture has reached 440,953.
Six deaths were also announced, bringing the total number of deaths to 943.
As of the 4th, the number of seriously ill patients increased by 1 from the 3rd to 7.