Kyoto Prefecture and Kyoto City announced on the 18th that 1487 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
With this, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Kyoto Prefecture has reached 466,577.
In addition, five new deaths were announced, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1,011.
As of the 17th, the number of seriously ill patients decreased by one from the 16th to eight.