Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City announced on the 16th that 1,579 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
647 people decreased compared to Friday of the previous week.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Kyoto Prefecture has reached 463,448.
In addition, seven new deaths were announced, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1,001.
As of the 15th, the number of seriously ill patients increased by one from the previous day to eight.