Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced on the 7th that 1,128 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 148,628.
In addition, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Shimonoseki City announced that four people in their 80s and 90s who were infected with the new coronavirus died, bringing the number of deaths in the prefecture to 356.