Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City announced on the 8th that 2,620 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
There were less than 1000 people compared to the same day of the week last week.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in Kyoto Prefecture to 448,521.
Five deaths were also announced, bringing the total number of deaths to 956.
As of the 7th, the number of seriously ill patients decreased by 2 from the previous day to 5.