Osaka Prefecture announced on the 17th that 5781 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to last Saturday, there are about 1,600 fewer people.
With this, the total number of infected people in Osaka Prefecture has reached 2,047,265.
In addition, 17 deaths were announced, bringing the total number of people who died due to infection in the prefecture to 6,332.
The number of seriously ill patients increased by three from the 16th to 41.