Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City announced on the 17th that 1,642 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the previous Saturday, there were 386 fewer people.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Kyoto Prefecture has reached 465,090.
In addition, five new deaths were announced, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1,006.
As of the 16th, the number of severely ill patients increased by one from the 15th to nine.